Eskhill
Axe Hammer
Site Name Eskhill
Classification Axe Hammer
Alternative Name(s) Roslin
Canmore ID 51858
Site Number NT26SE 9
NGR NT 264 624
NGR Description NT c. 264 624
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Midlothian
- Parish Lasswade
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
This Class I axe-hammer has been petrologically attributed to group XXVIII (quartz dolerite from various sources in Scotland and Northern England).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
Note (1988)
Eskhill, Axe-hammer NT 26 62 NT26SE 9
In 1843 a whinstone axe-hammer (RMS, AH 91), 334mm long, was found when a field at Eskhill was drained.
RCAHMS 1988
(PSAS, xxiv, 1889-90, 15)