Hawick, Fairy Faulds
Findspot (Period Unassigned), Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hawick, Fairy Faulds
Classification Findspot (Period Unassigned), Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 55350
Site Number NT51SW 23
NGR NT 5022 1469
NGR Description NT c. 5022 1469
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/55350
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Hawick
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT51SW 23 c. 5022 1469
There is a claystone axe, measuring 5" by 2", and fractured at its cutting edge, in Hawick Musuem. It was found at Fairy Faulds, which is where the road from Edinburgh forded the Teviot before entering Hawick by the North Port.
G F Black 1889; R E Scott 1958.
The ford, Fairy Faulds, was at NT 5022 1469. The axe cannot be located in the museum. (R E Scott, Hawick Museum)
Visited by OS (JP), 18 August 1971
