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Libberton

Earthwork (Period Unassigned), Polished Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)

Site Name Libberton

Classification Earthwork (Period Unassigned), Polished Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 47681

Site Number NS94SE 5

NGR NS 99 42

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47681

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Libberton, NS94SE 5, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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Administrative Areas

  • Council South Lanarkshire
  • Parish Libberton
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Clydesdale
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Archaeology Notes

NS94SE 5 99 42.

Polished greenstone axe, 7 3/4 ins long, 2 1/2 ins broad and 2 ins thick, from an earthwork near Libberton, was purchased by the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) between 25 November 1899 and 14 May 1900.

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1900

No further information. The earthwork was not identified.

Visited by OS (JD) 13 June 1955

Accession no. AF 485.

Information from letter from J Davidson, OS, 21 June 1955.

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