Graden
Findspot (Period Unassigned), Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Graden
Classification Findspot (Period Unassigned), Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 58402
Site Number NT73SE 4
NGR NT 796 307
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58402
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Linton (Roxburgh)
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
An axe made of greenstone, a dark, igneous rock, was found near the hamlet of Graden.
The axe probably dates from the Neolithic period, and measures 110mm by 65mm. It was originally held in Kelso Museum, but was passed to the National Museum of Scotland in the late nineteenth century.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NT73SE 4 796 307.
A greenstone axe from Graden (NT 796 307), which was in the collection of the Tweedside Physical and Antiquarian Society in Kelso Museum, is now on permanent loan to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS: Accession no.L.1933.2100) It measures 4 3/8" by 2 1/2".
J Anderson and G F Black 1888; NMAS Loan Accession index.
Sbc Note
Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
