Canmore Site 66270: LOCHMABEN - LOCHMABEN - AXE HAMMER(S)
Description
Site Name | LOCHMABEN |
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Other Name(s) | n/a |
Site Number | NY08SE 13 |
Broad Class | TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT |
Site Type(s) | AXE HAMMER(S) |
NGR | NY 08 82 |
NGR accuracy | NGR given to the nearest 1km |
Local Authority | DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY |
Parish | LOCHMABEN |
Record created | 1988-05-23 |
Last updated | 2002-05-14 |
Archaeology Notes
NY08SE 13 unlocated.
See also NY08SE 12 and 27.
A wedge-shaped perforated greenstone hammer, 8 ins long, 3 3/4 ins broad, and 2 1/4 ins thick, found near Lochmaben (NY 0882) was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by Col J P Robertson, Callander Lodge, Callander.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1905
Apart from those noted on NY 08 SE 12 and 27, Roe lists two axe-hammers in the NMAS; one (Acc No: AH 168) 'from Lochmaben' and the other (AH 128) from 'Lochmaben district'.
F E S Roe 1967
NMS AH 128 and 168 (Clough and Cummins nos DMF 73 and 74 respectively) are both examples of Class I axe-hammers. Both have been attributed to petrological group XXVII (greywacke from the southern uplands of Scotland).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
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