Perth, 6 St Leonard's Bank
Axehead (Stone)
Site Name Perth, 6 St Leonard's Bank
Classification Axehead (Stone)
Canmore ID 28464
Site Number NO12SW 92
NGR NO 1140 2300
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Perth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO12SW 92 1140 2300.
A stone axe, found in a garden at 6 St Leonard's Bank (NO 1140 2300) was donated to Perth Museum by Mr W T Pitkeathly (Acc No: 36/1951). Made from a dark, fine-grained igneous stone, it measures 9.3cm long, 2.2cm thick, and from 2 to 5.2cm wide.
J C L Lyddieth 1965.
This stone axe (PMAG: 36/1951) is still in Perth Museum, but the accessions inventory notes ?South Sea Origin?.
Information from Mr M Hall (Perth Museum), 24 March 1997.