Compensation Reservoir
Axehead (Stone)(Period Unknown)
Site Name Compensation Reservoir
Classification Axehead (Stone)(Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 89405
Site Number NS27SE 69
NGR NS 252 722
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/89405
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Inverkip
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Inverclyde
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS27SE 69 252 722.
Stone axe, c 17cm long by 6cm along the rounded cutting edge, tapering to 3.5cm at the slightly flattened butt, and under 2cm thick. Grey-green volcanic stone with white discolorations. The axe was a surface find located below the high water mark at the edge of the reservoir. It was found on the clay, which had been eroded by the water, under the peat cover. Retained by finder.
A Lawler 1994.
