Canmore Site 16871: DUFFTOWN - MORTLACH - AXEHEAD (STONE)


Description

Site NameDUFFTOWN
Other Name(s)n/a
Site NumberNJ34SW 9
Broad ClassTOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Site Type(s)AXEHEAD (STONE)
NGRNJ 32 40
Local AuthorityMORAY
ParishMORTLACH
Record created1988-02-29
Last updated2000-04-12

Archaeology Notes

NJ34SW 9 c. 32 40. A Langdale axe from Dufftown (NJ 32 40) was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] in 1956-7 by W Ferguson (Acc No: AF 967). Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1959. This axe has been petrologically attributed to group VI (epidotized intermediate tuff of the Borrowdale Volcanic Series from the Great Langdale and Scafell area of Cumbria). T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.

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