Turriff
Axe Hammer (Stone)
Site Name Turriff
Classification Axe Hammer (Stone)
Canmore ID 19256
Site Number NJ75SW 11
NGR NJ 72 50
NGR Description NJ c. 72 50
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19256
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Turriff
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ75SW 11 c.72 50.
A stone axe hammer, measuring 10 5/16 inches by 3 9/16 inches by 3 3/8 inches from Turriff was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] by the Hon Lady Binning via James S Richardson.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1932.
This is presumably the unfinished Class I axe-hammer that is held in the Royal Museum of Scotland under accession number NMS AH 191. It has been petrologically identified as coarse metasandstone.
Information from NMRS (RJCM) 16 February 1993
TH McK Clough and WA Cummins 1988
