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Carsie

Polished Axehead (Stone)(Neolithic)

Site Name Carsie

Classification Polished Axehead (Stone)(Neolithic)

Canmore ID 28924

Site Number NO14SE 8

NGR NO 17 42

NGR Description NO c. 17 42

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Perth And Kinross
  • Parish Blairgowrie
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Perth And Kinross
  • Former County Perthshire

Archaeology Notes

NO14SE 8 c. 17 42

For stone axe from Carsie held in the Royal Museum of Scotland, see NO14SE 90.

A partly polished rectangular axe of fine-grained schist was found in a field at Carsie, Blairgowrie, in 1917. It is in Perth Museum (Index No. 1447).

J Asher 1921

Activities

Field Visit (18 March 1963)

Axehead 9.5cm long by 2.0cm thick (New Acc. No. 76).

Visited by OS (RDL) 18 March 1963.

Field Visit (3 March 1969)

No further information.

Visited by OS (RD) 3 March 1969.

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