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Hillhouse
Findspot, Flat Axehead (Bronze)
Site Name Hillhouse
Classification Findspot, Flat Axehead (Bronze)
Alternative Name(s) Millhouse; Lauder
Canmore ID 55973
Site Number NT55NW 16
NGR NT 506 550
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/55973
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Channelkirk
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Berwickshire
NT55NW 16 506 550.
An ingot of dark-coloured bronze in the form of a rough flat axe, 2 1/2 ins long by 1 1/2 ins across the broadest end, found in 1893 at Hillhouse (NT 506 550) was in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1894, on loan from T Scott ARSA, Bowden. It is now in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow (Accession no: B. 1914.266).
A Allan 1900; G F Black 1894; T Scott 1897; J M Coles 1971.
(Name cited as Millhouse, Lauder: unclassified flat axe). Single find. Flat axe fragment (?), slightly corroded, black, length 62mm, butt 16mm, cutting edge 44mm, wight 90 gms. Hunterian Museum, Glasgow (B.1914-266).
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
Sbc Note
Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
