Glasgow, Victoria Park
Battleaxe, Beaker, Cinerary Urn, Food Vessel(S)
Site Name Glasgow, Victoria Park
Classification Battleaxe, Beaker, Cinerary Urn, Food Vessel(S)
Alternative Name(s) Fossil Grove; Whiteinch
Canmore ID 44210
Site Number NS56NW 5
NGR NS 538 673
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44210
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56NW 5 538 673.
A beaker (N type), two food vessels, and a collared cinerary urn, the latter containing cremated bones and a Crichie Group battle-axe, were found about November 1886 during the clearing of overburden in a quarry at Victoria Park.
J N G Ritchie 1970; 1973; F E S Roe 1967; A Morrison 1968; L M Mann 1923.
The old quarry, now a rockery and ornamental garden, is situated at NS 538 673. The artifacts are in the People's Palace Museum, Glasgow.
Visited by OS (J H O) 7 May 1951.
In the Royal Museum of Scotland (RMS): AH 162. Re-classified as a battle-axe.
F E S Roe 1966.
The battle-axe is of Northern Variant form. It is held in Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum under accession number GAGM 13-49f, and has been petrologically identified as (unspecified) porphyritic basalt.
T H Mck Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
Plans:
Dick Peddie & MacKay, Edinburgh Feu plan
Bin 12, Bag 1 n/s 1871
amended 1873