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Perth, River Tay
Battleaxe (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Perth, River Tay
Classification Battleaxe (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Perth Railway Bridge
Canmore ID 28466
Site Number NO12SW 94
NGR NO 1207 2315
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28466
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Perth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO12SW 94 1207 2315.
(NO 1207 2315). A battle axe was found on the W bank of the River Tay under the last arch of the railway bridge. It is 12cm long, with a damaged blade, and belongs to Mrs Roe's 'Loose Howe' group, with a shaped angular butt. It is made of a porphyritic dolerite (Information from G H Collins, Inst of Geological Sciences).
M MacGregor 1974.
This battle-axe is of Intermediate-Developed form, and is held in Perth Museum, but has no accession number. It has been petrologically identified as feldspar phyric dolerite.
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
The accession number of this battle-axe in Perth Museum is PMAG: 22/1974.
Information from Mr M Hall (Perth Museum), 24 March 1997.
