Canmore Site 28003: NETHERTON - ABERNETHY (PERTH AND KINROSS) - AXEHEAD (STONE)
Description
Site Name | NETHERTON |
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Other Name(s) | RIVER FARG |
Site Number | NO11NE 9 |
Broad Class | TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT |
Site Type(s) | AXEHEAD (STONE) |
NGR | NO 163 164 |
NGR accuracy | NGR given to the nearest 100m |
Local Authority | PERTH AND KINROSS |
Parish | ABERNETHY (PERTH AND KINROSS) |
Record created | 1988-02-22 |
Last updated | 2002-05-15 |
Archaeology Notes
NO11NE 9 c. 163 164.
(NO 172 172). An axe-head 14cm. long, ploughed up at Netherton Farm in the spring of 1958, is probably from the axe-factory at Creag na Caillich (information from R Ritchie).
In Perth Museum.
M Morrison 1960.
(Published grid reference must be incorrect: Netherton farm steading - NO 163 164.)
(Undated) information from OS Record Card.
(Formerly listed as NO11NE 29). An axe of blue-grey, polished stone, found at Netherton farm (NO 163 163) near the River Farg (name: NO 164 172) has been donated to Perth Museum by Mrs Morrison, Willow-bank, Aberargie. It is 14cm in length and may be made of a stone similar to that from the axe factory site on Creag na Caillich, near Killin. (Acc No: 5/1960)
J C L Lyddieth 1965.
The accession number of this axe in Perth Museum and Art Gallery is PMAG: 5/1960. It is confirmed by Perth Museum that this axe is the name as that noted by Lyddieth and formerly noted as NO11NE 29.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 25 November 1996.
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