Barmekin Of Echt
Axehead (Stone), Axehead (Stone)
Site Name Barmekin Of Echt
Classification Axehead (Stone), Axehead (Stone)
Canmore ID 18523
Site Number NJ70NW 1.01
NGR NJ 726 071
NGR Description NJ c. 726 071
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18523
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Echt
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ70NW 1.01 c. 726 071.
A greenstone axe, 13 by 3 7/8ins, polished on each face at the cutting end, found at Barmekin of Echt (centred NJ 7260 0714) was purchased for the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) from the collection of John Sturrock, Monikie, in 1889 (Accession no: AF 388).
Sturrock 1889; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1890.
There are two stone axes from the Barmekin of Echt. One is the greenstone axe (NMS: AF 388) that is in the Royal Museum of Scotland, the other is in Marischal Museum, Aberdeen (ABDUA: 16067).
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 31 May 2001.
