Dunsyre Hill
Axehead (Stone)
Site Name Dunsyre Hill
Classification Axehead (Stone)
Canmore ID 48830
Site Number NT04NE 28
NGR NT 070 489
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48830
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Dunsyre
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NT04NE 28 070 489.
An axe of crystalline grey stone, measuring 5.5" by 1.9" by 1.5", pointed butt, round cross-section, found on Dunsyre Hill (NT 070 489) is in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS Accession no AF 939). It was an item in the collection of the late Peter F Dunlop, which was purchased in 1955.
NMAS Card Index; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1956
No further information.
Visited by OS (DWR) 22 July 1971
