Canmore Site 38801: CAMPBELTOWN - CAMPBELTOWN - FINDSPOT, MOULD(S) (STONE), POLISHED AXEHEAD(S) (STONE)
Description
Site Name | CAMPBELTOWN |
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Other Name(s) | n/a |
Site Number | NR72SW 2 |
Broad Class | TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, MONUMENT (BY FORM) |
Site Type(s) | FINDSPOT, MOULD(S) (STONE), POLISHED AXEHEAD(S) (STONE) |
NGR | NR 71 20 |
NGR accuracy | NGR given to the nearest 1km |
Local Authority | ARGYLL AND BUTE |
Parish | CAMPBELTOWN |
Record created | 1988-03-21 |
Last updated | 2000-04-12 |
Archaeology Notes
NR72SW 2 c. 71 20
Possibly on map sheet NR71NW.
Two stone moulds, each in two halves, one for casting a looped spearhead, the other for casting a looped spear-head and a leaf-shaped blade, possibly a tanged razor of a type thought to date from about 1400 to 1000 BC, are said to have been found during breaking up of old land near Campbeltown (NR 71 20) along with two polished axe-heads, said to be of greenstone, or of dark-coloured, clay ironstone, measuring
6 3/4ins by 2 3/4ins and 5 1/2ins by 2 1/4ins.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1868; NMAS 1892; C M Piggott 1949; H W M Hodges 1959; J M Coles 1962; J M Coles 1966; J G Scott 1969; RCAHMS 1971.
All the artifacts are in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS), together with castings in lead made from the moulds (Acc. Nos: axes - AF 67 and 68, moulds and castings - CM 2-7).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
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