Duns
Findspot, Axe Hammer (Stone), Barbed And Tanged Arrowhead (Flint)
Site Name Duns
Classification Findspot, Axe Hammer (Stone), Barbed And Tanged Arrowhead (Flint)
Canmore ID 58649
Site Number NT75SE 27
NGR NT 78 53
NGR Description NT c. 78 53
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58649
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Duns
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
NT75SE 27 c. 78 53.
A triangular, perforated whinstone axe from Duns (NT 7853) was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1879 by A Mitchell M D (Accession No: AH 8). It measures 9 3/4ins by 4ins by 3ins.
NMAS Catalogue 1892.
A barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, also from Duns, was listed among the items in the collection of T Scott ARSA, Bowden, in 1895.
T Scott 1897.
The axe-hammer that is held in the Royal Museum of Scotland under accession number NMS AH 8 has been classified as an example of Type I and petrologically attributed to group XXVII (greywacke from the Southern uplands of Scotland).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
Sbc Note
Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
