St Fillans
Polished Axehead (Stone)
Site Name St Fillans
Classification Polished Axehead (Stone)
Alternative Name(s) Comrie
Canmore ID 24438
Site Number NN62SE 3
NGR NN 69 24
NGR Description NN c. 69 24
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Comrie (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN62SE 3 c. 69 24
A polished stone axe of grey blue banded rock from St Fillans was presented to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] by Dr E C Curwen, Eastbourne, c.1966-67.
NMAS 1967.
No further information; NMAS Accession no. AF 1030.
Visited by OS (RD) 17 January 1969.
This axe has been petrologically attributed to group XXIV which comprises objects of calc-silicate hornfels from the axe-factory at Creag na Caillich, Killin (NN53NE 1).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.