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Carlops
Axehead (Stone)
Site Name Carlops
Classification Axehead (Stone)
Canmore ID 50163
Site Number NT15NE 24
NGR NT 1583 5633
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/50163
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Penicuik (Midlothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
Findspot plotted at NT 1583 5633 on 1:10,560 map extract, information supplied by the finder of the axe, Mrs J Wilson, The Cottage, Carlops.
Letter, map extract sent by Dr J Close-Brooks, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) to Ordnance Survey, 7 July 1977.
Note (1988)
Carlops, Stone Axe NT 153 563 NT15NE 24
In 1977 a small stone axe (RMS, AF 1074), 46mm long, was found in sandy soil on the footpath along the N side of the River North Esk near Carlops. The axe is of pale grey/white stone, possibly from an igneous source near Killin.
RCAHMS 1988
(PSAS, 109, 1977-8, 381, no. 5)
