Castlecary
Axe Hammer (Stone)(Bronze Age)
Site Name Castlecary
Classification Axe Hammer (Stone)(Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Castle Cary
Canmore ID 45830
Site Number NS77NE 25
NGR NS 79 78
NGR Description NS c. 79 78
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Falkirk
- Parish Falkirk
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS77NE 25 c. 79 78
A battle-axe, found in 1849 at Castlecary (NS 78 78) was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1929 by J Curle (Accession no: AH 178). It measures 4 1/2" x 2 1/8" x 1 11/16", and is decorated by two incised lines. Roe dates it to "Stage I", contemporary with the transition period between the long-necked beaker and food vessel cultures.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1929; F E S Roe 1966.
This object has been reclassified as a grooved axe-hammer and petrologically identified as metadolerite.
T H Mck Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
