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Brechin, College Gardens

Findspot, Axehead (Stone)

Site Name Brechin, College Gardens

Classification Findspot, Axehead (Stone)

Canmore ID 35064

Site Number NO56SE 20

NGR NO 5947 6010

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Angus
  • Parish Brechin
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Angus
  • Former County Angus

Archaeology Notes

NO56SE 20 5947 6010.

A stone axe 4" by 2 1/4" found in College Gardens (NO 5945 6010) was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by W T McCulloch in 1868. (Accession Number: AF 107)

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1870; NMAS 1892; J Wood 1822.

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).

TH McK Clough and WA Cummins 1988

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