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Carsie

Axehead (Porcellanite)(Neolithic)

Site Name Carsie

Classification Axehead (Porcellanite)(Neolithic)

Canmore ID 79655

Site Number NO14SE 90

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 90 c. 17 42.

For stone axe from Carsie now in Perth Museum see NO14SE 7.

Held in the Royal Museum of Scotland (under accession number NMS AF 702) there is a stone axe which has been petrologically attributed to group IX (porcellanite from Tievebulliagh and Rathlin, Northern Ireland).

T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.

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