Dufftown
Axehead (Stone)
Site Name Dufftown
Classification Axehead (Stone)
Canmore ID 16871
Site Number NJ34SW 9
NGR NJ 32 40
NGR Description NJ c. 32 40
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Moray
- Parish Mortlach
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
NJ34SW 9 c. 32 40.
A Langdale axe from Dufftown (NJ 32 40) was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] in 1956-7 by W Ferguson (Acc No: AF 967).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1959.
This axe has been petrologically attributed to group VI (epidotized intermediate tuff of the Borrowdale Volcanic Series from the Great Langdale and Scafell area of Cumbria).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
