NMS Archaeology Object 131702: X.EQ 252 - Axe-hammer


Description

Summary


Cast of an axe-hammer found near McKelvie Hospital, Oban, Argyll


Accession Number


X.EQ 252


Other references

Not recorded1897 p. 101

Original description

COLLECTIONS FROM SEPULCHRAL DEPOSITS: Axehammer of kaolinite found with the Urn. Anon notes, 'Cast of' added before main description. A.S. notes, 10.12.87, 'Cinerary' added before 'Urn' and after 'Urn' '(EQ 251) near the McKelvie Hospital, Oban, Argyll'.

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)

McKelvie Hospital, Oban, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1897

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Agent

Image

Image of Cast of an axe-hammer found near McKelvie Hospital, Oban, Argyll © National Museums Scotland
Image of Cast of an axe-hammer found near McKelvie Hospital, Oban, Argyll © National Museums Scotland

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