Slipperfield
Findspot, Polished Axehead (Stone)
Site Name Slipperfield
Classification Findspot, Polished Axehead (Stone)
Alternative Name(s) West Linton
Canmore ID 50236
Site Number NT15SW 12
NGR NT 13 51
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/50236
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Linton (Tweeddale)
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT15SW 12 c13 51.
A number of finds from Slipperfield are in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS). They comprise 14 flint implements (Accession nos AA 143-156); an indurated claystone axe (AF 460), all purchased 1899, and a quartzite pebble, with a picked hollow on one face (AM 53), purchased in 1910.
NMAS Continuation Catalogue; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1900
NMS AF 460 has been petrologically attributed to group VI (epidotized intermediate tuff of the Borrowdale Volcanic Series from the Great Langdale and Scafell areas of Cumbria).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
Sbc Note
Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
