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Greenshields
Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Greenshields
Classification Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Newbigging
Canmore ID 48972
Site Number NT04SW 19
NGR NT 020 435
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48972
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Libberton
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NT04SW 19 020 435.
A stone axe, found at Greenshields Farm (NT 020 435) was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1964-5 by W I Heard, Newbigging (Accession no: AF 1013).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1967.
This axe has been petrologically attributed to group VI (artifacts of epidotized intermediate tuff of the Borrowdale Volcanic Series from the Great Langdale and Scafell areas of Cumbria).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
