Braehead
Axehead (Stone)
Site Name Braehead
Classification Axehead (Stone)
Alternative Name(s) Old Leslie; Bin Hill
Canmore ID 17619
Site Number NJ52NE 14
NGR NJ 5949 2526
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17619
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Leslie (Gordon)
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ52NE 14 5949 2526.
(NJ 5949 2526) Stone Celt found (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1959)
A stone axe, very neatly finished, about 9 inches long and 5 inches across the edge was found about 1863, by Alexander Thomson's son, Old Leslie.
Name Book 1866.
The present whereabouts of this stone axe, which was found on the NE flank of Bin Hill in about 1863, is not known.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 9 April 1996.