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Horsleyhill Cottages
Findspot, Polished Axehead (Stone)(Neolithic)
Site Name Horsleyhill Cottages
Classification Findspot, Polished Axehead (Stone)(Neolithic)
Canmore ID 55251
Site Number NT51NW 1
NGR NT 528 190
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/55251
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Minto
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT51NW 1 528 190.
A felsite axe, found at Westerhouses (now Horsleyhill Cottages: NT 528 190) was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1947-8 by the Trustees of the Marquess of Lothian, as part of the Monteviot Collection. (Accession no: AF 887). It is polished, pear-shaped, pointed at the butt, with a slightly oblique cutting edge and measures 8 ins in length by 2 3/4 ins in breadth.
G F Black 1894; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1950
Sbc Note
Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
