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Traprain Law
Axehead(S) (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Traprain Law
Classification Axehead(S) (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 56387
Site Number NT57SE 1.20
NGR NT 580 747
NGR Description NT c. 580 747
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56387
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Prestonkirk
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT57SE 1.20 c. 580 747
Three stone axes from Traprain Law are held in the Royal Museum of Scotland under accession numbers NMS GVN 6, 9 and 10. The first two have been petrologically attributed to group VI (artifacts of epidotized intermediate tuff of the Borrowdale Volcanic Series from the Great Langdale and Scafell areas of Cumbria); the third may belong to group XXIV, which comprises objects of calc-silicate hornfels from the axe-factory at Creag na Caillich, Killin (NN53NE 1).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
