Ladyurd
Findspot, Battleaxe
Site Name Ladyurd
Classification Findspot, Battleaxe
Canmore ID 50055
Site Number NT14SE 30
NGR NT 150 427
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Kirkurd
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT14SE 30 c.150 427.
A battle-axe (Roe's Class III A) measuring 4" x 1.7" across the cutting face x 1.75" thick, with a haft hole 0.87" diameter, from Ladyurd (NT 150 427) was purchased for the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1910 (Accession no: AH 137).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1911; F E S Roe 1966
No further information.
Visited by OS (DWR) 10 June 1971.
This battle-axe is of Intermediate-Developed variant form. It has been petrologically identified as porphyritic olivine basalt.
T H Mck Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
Sbc Note
Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.
Information from Scottish Borders Council