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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

Archaeology Notes

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.

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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)

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