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Croy Hill
Palstave (Bronze)
Site Name Croy Hill
Classification Palstave (Bronze)
Canmore ID 45882
Site Number NS77NW 17
NGR NS 733 765
NGR Description NS c. 733 765
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45882
- 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.
