Canmore Site 47016: DENNY - DENNY - POLISHED AXEHEAD(S) (STONE)


Description

Site NameDENNY
Other Name(s)n/a
Site NumberNS88SW 20
Broad ClassTOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Site Type(s)POLISHED AXEHEAD(S) (STONE)
NGRNS 81 82
NGR accuracyNGR given to the nearest 1km
Local AuthorityFALKIRK
ParishDENNY
Record created1988-05-03
Last updated2000-04-12

Archaeology Notes

NS88SW 20 81 82. A stone axe, of polished grit, 5" x 2", found near Denny (NS 8182) is in the Smith Institute, Stirling, along with another polished axe, of striated quartzite, from Denny (Accession nos: AC 95 and AC 114 respectively). A third stone axe from Denny, possibly of Group VI type, of a fine-grained andesite tuff, is in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow (Acc No: A 40). (Group VI comprises objects of epidotized intermediate tuff of the Borrowdale Volcanic Series from the Great Langdale and Scafell areas of Cumbria). Smith Institute 1934; R G Livens 1961; T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.

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