Canmore Site 36806: GALLOW HILL - ARBUTHNOTT - POLISHED AXEHEAD (STONE), SPINDLE WHORL (STONE), WORKED OBJECT (STONE)
Description
Site Name | GALLOW HILL |
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Other Name(s) | n/a |
Site Number | NO87NW 29 |
Broad Class | TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, UNASSIGNED (OBJECT) |
Site Type(s) | POLISHED AXEHEAD (STONE), SPINDLE WHORL (STONE), WORKED OBJECT (STONE) |
NGR | NO 825 753 |
Local Authority | ABERDEENSHIRE |
Parish | ARBUTHNOTT |
Record created | 1988-04-18 |
Last updated | 2000-04-12 |
Archaeology Notes
NO87NW 29 825 753.
A polished stone axe of pale green, fine grained metamorphic rock - ? hornfels - found at NO 825 753 on Gallow Hill, is in Dundee City Museum (Acc No 1971-319). It is 10.3 cms in length, 4.6 cms across the cutting edge.
A spindle whorl of red sandstone, 3.9 cms in diameter and 1.2 cms thick was recovered from the same field. An irregularly shaped stone with a hole in it made by pecking from both sides was also picked up. These two finds were retained by the headmaster, Bervie School.
A Small 1971; H Coutts 1971
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