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
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