Canmore Site 138034: MOUNT TABOR - COUPAR ANGUS - LITHIC SCATTER (PREHISTORIC), POLISHED AXEHEAD (STONE)(NEOLITHIC)


Description

Site NameMOUNT TABOR
Other Name(s)HALLHOLE, HERALD HILL
Site NumberNO13NE 115
Broad ClassTOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, MONUMENT (BY FORM)
Site Type(s)LITHIC SCATTER (PREHISTORIC), POLISHED AXEHEAD (STONE)(NEOLITHIC)
NGRNO 1899 3918
NGR accuracyNGR given to the nearest 10m
Local AuthorityPERTH AND KINROSS
ParishCOUPAR ANGUS
Record created1998-12-16
Last updated2021-04-26

Archaeology Notes

NO13NE 115 centred 189 391. NO 189 391 (centre) Forty-six struck lithic pieces, mainly flint, were recovered as a dispersed surface scatter over a period of several years by a river bailiff on regular patrol. The field is on the E bank of the River Isla opposite Herald Hill, a short distance from the terminus of the Cleaven Dyke. The most significant pieces are a Late Neolithic chisel-type arrowhead and two Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age plano-convex knives. PMAG acc. nos 1997.626-57. From the same field, and collected with some of the lithics, came a small Neolithic polished stone axehead. PMAG acc. no. 1997.607. M Hall 1998

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