Canmore Site 48827: TOWNHEAD - DOLPHINTON - ARROWHEAD (CHERT), AXEHEAD(S) (STONE), SCRAPER (TOOL)(S) (FLINT), SPINDLE WHORL (STONE)


Description

Site NameTOWNHEAD
Other Name(s)n/a
Site NumberNT04NE 25
Broad ClassTOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, ARMOUR AND WEAPONS
Site Type(s)ARROWHEAD (CHERT), AXEHEAD(S) (STONE), SCRAPER (TOOL)(S) (FLINT), SPINDLE WHORL (STONE)
NGRNT 094 450
NGR accuracyNGR given to the nearest 100m
Local AuthoritySOUTH LANARKSHIRE
ParishDOLPHINTON
Record created1988-04-11
Last updated2002-05-14

Archaeology Notes

NT04NE 25 094 450. Finds from Townhead (NT 094 450) which are in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) comprise: a grey stone axe, measuring 6.1 ins by 2.15 ins by 1.5 ins (Acc No: AF 941); an axe-chisel of green tuff, measuring 4.2 by 1.2 by 0.45 ins (AF 956); a chert leaf-shaped arrowhead (AD 2273); and a stone whorl, 1.15 ins in diameter (BE 556). These were part of the collection of the late Peter F Dunlop of Dolphinton, which was purchased in 1955, while other finds, i.e. three parts of leaf-shaped flint scrapers (AD 2326-8); flint scrapers (AD 2824-37, AD 2861); and a Group VI (4) stone axe (AF 1025) were part of the collection of the late T B Dunlop, which was donated to the NMAS in 1965. NMAS Card Index; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1956; 1967; P R Ritchie and J G Scott 1981 No further information. Visited by OS (DWR) 20 July 1971. The axe that is held in the Royal Museum of Scotland under accession number NMS AF 1025 has been petrologically attributed to group VI (artifacts of epidotized intermediate tuff of the Borrowdale Volcanic Series from the Great Langdale and Scafell areas of Cumbria). T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.

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