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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

Archaeology Notes

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.

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