Hownam Rings
Findspot, Axehead (Stone)
Site Name Hownam Rings
Classification Findspot, Axehead (Stone)
Alternative Name(s) Morebattle
Canmore ID 97366
Site Number NT71NE 1.01
NGR NT 7904 1939
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Hownam
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT71NE 1.01 7904 1939
The stone axe fragment that ws found in the excavation of Hownam Rings is held in the Royal Museum of Scotland under accession number NMS HH 516. It 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.
