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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

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Inverclyde
  • Parish Inverkip
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Inverclyde
  • Former County Renfrewshire

Archaeology Notes

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.

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