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Braidwood
Axe (Iron)
Site Name Braidwood
Classification Axe (Iron)
Canmore ID 46551
Site Number NS84NW 18
NGR NS 84 47
NGR Description NS c. 84 47
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Carluke
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS84NW 18 c. 84 47.
An iron axe was, in 1864, dug up in making a clay field for the manufacture of bricks and pipes on Braidwood lands; the instrument has an antique look. The handle is cleft at the ends as if for the insertion of wood or iron to lengthen it. The axe is 4 1/2 inches long in the blade, 1 1/10 wide at the heel, and the face measures 2 8/10 inches across, the handle being 6 1/2 inches long. It is in the possession of the proprietor of the lands.
W R Ranken 1873
No further information relating to this find was encountered during recording or field investigation.
Visited by OS (JFC) 9 March 1954
May be among collection of finds at Fairholm, near Larkhall (NS 75 51).
Information from H G Welfare letter, 25 January 1984.
