Kelso
Findspot, Axe Hammer (Stone)
Site Name Kelso
Classification Findspot, Axe Hammer (Stone)
Canmore ID 58435
Site Number NT73SW 32
NGR NT 730 340
NGR Description NT c. 72 34
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Kelso
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
Records of the National Museum of Antiquities note the discovery of an Early Bronze Age axe-hammer in Kelso during the digging of foundations for Cooper and Co in Kelso in 1877.
The axe-hammer measures approximately 175mm by 50mm by 50mm and is described as being fashioned from 'greenstone'. This term covers a particular variety of hard dark-green volcanic rocks, such as some types of dolorite, basalts and diorites.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NT73SW 32 c. 72 34
A greenstone axe-hammer, which was found in 1877 when digging foundations at Cooper and Co's, Kelso, was in the collection of the Tweedside Physical and Antiquarian Society in Kelso Museum, and is now on permanent loan to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS, Accession No.L.1933.2104) It measures 4.9" by 1.8" by 2.0".
J Anderson and G F Black 1888; NMAS loan accessions index.
Sbc Note
Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.
Information from Scottish Borders Council