Deskryside
Findspot (Period Unassigned), Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Deskryside
Classification Findspot (Period Unassigned), Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Donside
Canmore ID 16776
Site Number NJ31SE 22
NGR NJ 38 12
NGR Description NJ c. 38 12
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16776
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Strathdon
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ31SE 22 c. 38 12.
Thre is a Group XXIV stone axe 'from Deskryside, Donside' in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS, Accession no: AF 1009). (The junction of the Deskry Water with the River Don is at NJ 386 124; although there are numerous 'Deskry -' farm names along the course of the former, none is named 'Deskryside'.)
(Information from TS of P R Ritchie and J G Scott 1981, no. ABN 123)
This axe has been petrologically attrributed to group XXIV, which comprises objects of calc-silicate hornfels from the axe-factory at Creag na Caillich, Killin (NN53NE 1).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
There is no change to the existing record.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 21 January 1999.
