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Brotherstone
Findspot (Period Unassigned), Hammerstone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Brotherstone
Classification Findspot (Period Unassigned), Hammerstone (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 57170
Site Number NT63NW 17
NGR NT 615 354
NGR Description NT c. 615 354
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57170
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Mertoun
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Berwickshire
Nineteenth-century accounts report that a hammerstone, possibly manufactured from quartzite, was found in the vicinity of Brotherstone. The object's current location is uncertain: it was on loan to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in 1894, but the following year it was recorded in the collection of its owner, Mr T Scott.
Very little information is available regarding this artefact, but it is likely that the object was prehistoric in date.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NT63NW 17 c. 615 354
A hammer-stone, of quartzite or other hard stone, from Brotherstone, was in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1894. It was lent by T Scott ARSA, Bowden, in whose collection it is recorded in 1895. (Brotherstone: NT 615 354)
G F Black 1894; T Scott 1897.
Sbc Note
Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
