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Glasgow, Prince's Dock
Battleaxe (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, Prince's Dock
Classification Battleaxe (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 44345
Site Number NS56SE 8
NGR NS 565 650
NGR Description NS c. 565 650
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44345
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56SE 8 c. 565 650
A battle-axe (Wilsford Group) from Princes Dock (centred NS 5650 6500) is in Glasgow Art Galleries and Museum.
F E S Roe 1966; 1967.
Field investigation produced no further information.
Visited by OS (W M J) 27 August 1967.
This battle-axe is of Intermediate-Developed form and is held in the Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum under accession number GAGM A.5928. It has been petrologically attributed to group XXVIII (quartz dolerite from various sources in Scotland and Northern England), or, possibly, group XVIII (quartz dolerite from the Whin Sill of Northern England).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
