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Denholm Hill
Findspot, Axe Hammer
Site Name Denholm Hill
Classification Findspot, Axe Hammer
Alternative Name(s) Denholmhill Fort
Canmore ID 55178
Site Number NT50NW 5.01
NGR NT 511 091
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/55178
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Cavers
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT50NW 5.01 511 091
An axe-hammer of metamorphosed greywacke from the fort on Denholm Hill is in Wilton Lodge Museum, Hawick (HAKMG 4098).
Museum Catalogue 1981.
This Class I axe-hammer has been petrologically attributed to group XXVIIm (thermally-metamorphosed greywacke with secondary biotite, from the Southern uplands of Scotland).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
