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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

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  • Council Midlothian
  • Parish Penicuik (Midlothian)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District Midlothian
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

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.

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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)

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