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Fyvie
Axe Hammer (Stone)
Site Name Fyvie
Classification Axe Hammer (Stone)
Canmore ID 19043
Site Number NJ73NE 16
NGR NJ 76 37
NGR Description NJ c. 76 37
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19043
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Fyvie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ73NE 16 c. 76 37.
An axe-hammer of diorite, 7 7/8" long, with a shaft-hole perforated from each face, on the same plane as the cutting edge, which is 2 13/16" across, was found at Fyvie. The butt tapers from all four sides above the shaft-hole, to a rounded edge. Exhibited at the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] by John Rae of Aberdeen, on 10 February 1890.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1890.
