Ardtannes
Axehead(S) (Stone), Polished Axehead (Stone)
Site Name Ardtannes
Classification Axehead(S) (Stone), Polished Axehead (Stone)
Canmore ID 18943
Site Number NJ72SE 68
NGR NJ 762 201
NGR Description NJ c. 762 201
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18943
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Inverurie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ72SE 68 c. 762 201.
In Inverurie Museum is a stone axe (Acc. No. AF 14) 8 3/8" (213mm) long, and a polished stone axe, 5 3/4" (146mm) long (Accession no. AF4) found in 1872. Both from Ardtannes.
Information from Accession Register, Inverurie Museum.
The axes that are held in Inverurie Museum under accession numbers AF 4 and AF 14 (Clough and Cummins ABN 59 and 65, respectively) have both been petrologically attributed 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.
The collection of Inverurie Museum has been re-catalogued, but the new catalogue is incomplete and there is no easy system of identifying the new accession numbers of these stone axes. The accession number of one of them is PEHMS: I 1012.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS) 5 June 2001.
