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Little Barras
Adze (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Little Barras
Classification Adze (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 36792
Site Number NO87NW 16
NGR NO 816 788
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36792
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kinneff
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO87NW 16 816 788.
Little Barras, Drumlithie. Celt of greenstone, adze-shaped, flat on one side, convex on the other, 5 1/4" in length, 2" in breadth across the cutting face, tapering to 1 1/4" at the butt end which is brought to a rounded edge similar to the other. The form is quite unusual in Scotland, the only other example in the collection being the fine fine flint celt found at Ferry Brae, Aberdeenshire (Slains parish) (AF 267).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1884
Mentioned as similar to the celt from Ferny Brae and a polished adze from west Linton, Peebles in a notice of the purchase of the latter by the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1900.
