Conglas
Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Conglas
Classification Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Conglass; Cunglass
Canmore ID 18976
Site Number NJ72SE 98
NGR NJ 75 23
NGR Description NJ c. 75 23
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Inverurie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ72SE 98 c. 75 23.
A stone axe from Conglass (NJ 75 23) was exhibited in the Historical Exhibition in Glasgow in 1911.
Palace of History 1911.
This is presumably the axe that is now held in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, under accession number B.1914.108, and for which see NJ72SE 30. It has been petrologically attributed to group XXXII (epidiorite or altered dolerite, possibly from the Dalradian of northern Scotland.
Information from NMRS (RJCM) 5 November 1992.
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
The accession number of this axe in the Hunterian Museum is GLAHM: B.1914.10B.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 3 April 2001.
