Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . tream; and in the NationalMuseum of Antiquities are examples from Windshiels nearDuns, Lauder, Greenlaw, Eccles Moor, Milne Graden, and OverHowden. One of the finest Scottish stone axes, of green quartz, andmeasuring 9| inches in length, 4J inches across the cutting edge, andT9g inch in thickness, now preserved in the Eoyal Scottish Academy,was found in Berwickshire about the year 1840 (fig. C). It is thelargest example of its kind recorded to have been found in perforated stone hammers, which have
Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . tream; and in the NationalMuseum of Antiquities are examples from Windshiels nearDuns, Lauder, Greenlaw, Eccles Moor, Milne Graden, and OverHowden. One of the finest Scottish stone axes, of green quartz, andmeasuring 9| inches in length, 4J inches across the cutting edge, andT9g inch in thickness, now preserved in the Eoyal Scottish Academy,was found in Berwickshire about the year 1840 (fig. C). It is thelargest example of its kind recorded to have been found in perforated stone hammers, which have more often been foundassociated with bronze age interments than with those of the stoneage, examples have been found at Gordon and Greenlaw, and thereare two specimens from Berwickshire in the National Collection:one with no specific locality, has the perforation bored through theweapon at right angles to the cutting face; the other, from one of thecairns in the Hag Wood, is referred to in the Inventory (No. 161a).Two large perforated axe-hammers, with a cutting edge and a broad. Fig. B.—Ground-edged Knife ofFlint found at Butterlaw. XXX HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION. butt, have been found near Earlston, and a well-finished specimen,showing an oval shaft hole instead of the usual circular perforation,was found at Duns Castle. This type of object seems to be foundin greater numbers in Galloway than in any other part of Scotland.
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