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Hillhead Of Ashogle

Hammer (Stone)

Site Name Hillhead Of Ashogle

Classification Hammer (Stone)

Alternative Name(s) Hill Of Ashugill

Canmore ID 19257

Site Number NJ75SW 12

NGR NJ 708 529

NGR Description NJ c. 708 529

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Turriff
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Banff And Buchan
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ75SW 12 c.708 529.

A barrel shaped stone Hammer 3 3/4" long, and 3" greatest diameter, perforated through only half its thickness by a circular hole...found on the hill of Ashogill (Ashogle) Turriff. Collected by Mr William Gillespie, Turriff; donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] by Mr Peter Collier.

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1873.

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