Croy Hill
Palstave (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Croy Hill
Classification Palstave (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 45882
Site Number NS77NW 17
NGR NS 733 765
NGR Description NS c. 733 765
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Cumbernauld
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumbernauld And Kilsyth
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NJ77NW 17 c. 733 765.
A Middle Bronze Age flanged axe, (Coles Class III, Kirkless Group) from Croy (NS 72 75) is in Glasgow Art Galleries and Museum (accession no: 97-183).
J M Coles 1966
This axe which was found near Croy Hill (NS 733 765) (J G Scott, Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum) measures 4 1/8" x 2 1/8". No further information.
Visited by OS (VEL) 2 March 1954.
(Irish palstave related to group A; formerly classified as flanged axe). Single find. Palstave, smooth, black, hammered blade and flange-sides. Length 104mm, butt 24mm, stop-height 12mm, cutting edge 54mm, weight 320 gms. Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow (97-183).
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
