Canmore Site 25287: DALPATRICK - CRIEFF - POLISHED AXEHEAD (STONE)
Description
Site Name | DALPATRICK |
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Other Name(s) | n/a |
Site Number | NN81NE 11 |
Broad Class | TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT |
Site Type(s) | POLISHED AXEHEAD (STONE) |
NGR | NN 88 18 |
NGR accuracy | NGR given to the nearest 1km |
Local Authority | PERTH AND KINROSS |
Parish | CRIEFF |
Record created | 1988-03-28 |
Last updated | 2000-04-17 |
Archaeology Notes
NN81NE 11 c. 88 18
A large polished stone axe of Cumbrian type was found in or before 1898 on the Farm of Dalpatrick near Crieff, in cutting out the bottom of a potato pit, 3ft from the surface. The axe, 12 5/8ins long, 3 1/2ins across the cutting face, tapers to 2 1/8ins at the butt. It is in the National Museum of Antiquities (Acc. No: AF 455).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1899; C I Fell 1964.
There have been numerous changes in the tenancy of Dalpatrick over the last few years. No further information.
Visited by OS (RD), 17 May 1966.
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