Harlaw
Axe Hammer (Stone)
Site Name Harlaw
Classification Axe Hammer (Stone)
Canmore ID 19010
Site Number NJ72SW 39
NGR NJ 74 24
NGR Description NJ c. 74 24
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19010
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Chapel Of Garioch
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ72SW 39 c. 74 24.
A perforated axe-hammer, 9" (229mm) long by 6" (152mm) broad, found at least 150 years ago at Harlaw (name: NJ 74 24), is in the Mrs Irvine collection at Barra Castle.
Visited by OS (RL) 20 March 1969.
A perforated axe-hammer found at Harlaw is in the possession of Mrs Bogden, Barra Castle. The axe-hammer measures 230mm in length by 150mm in breadth and about 57mm in thickness; the hour-glass perforation expands from 35mm in diameter at its waist to 65mm at the mouth.
Visited (Barra Castle) by RCAHMS (JRS), 21 November 1996.
