Summary

Perforated stone battle axe of granite, with a band of three incised lines on each side, found in a cinerary urn with calcined bones at Chapelton, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, 2200 - 1500 BC

Accession Number

X.EQ 65

Other references

Original description

COLLECTIONS FROM SEPULCHRAL DEPOSITS: Axe-hammer of granite, 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 in., perforated, band of three incised lines on each side, found in cinerary urn with calcined bones at Chapelton, Ardrossan. Anon notes, Deposited.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Chapelton, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1872

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

None