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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 687892
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/687892
NO33SE 21 3755 3222.
NO 3755 3222. A polished stone axe-head was found in July 1963 during excavations for the foundations of a multi-storey block at Lansdowne, Coupar Angus Road. Red in colour, it bears indications of considerable use. It has straight sides with convex surfaces and convex cutting and hafting edges. It measures 11 cms long, 6.1 cms wide at the cutting edge, 2.7 cms wide at the hafting end and has a maximum thickness of 3.2 cms. It was donated to Dundee Museum by the City Architect's Department. (Accession no: 64-64)
J D Boyd 1963; H Coutts 1971; Information from Dundee Museum record card DM/83.
This axe has been petrologically identified as hornfels.
TH McK Clough and WA Cummins 1988
