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The Selby Antiquarian Collection
Stone axe, Prestrie
- Period:
- Neolithic
- Description:
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A small flat axehead made from a rough volcanic stone.
Found by a local gamekeeper and added to the Selby Collection in 1891.
- Place of Discovery:
- Prestrie, Whithorn
- Materials/Media:
- Stone
- Dimensions:
- Length: 85mm
- Source:
- Stranraer Museum
- Accession number:
- WIWMS 2004.6.3
- Digital Number:
- SMAH 082
- Copyright:
- Dumfries & Galloway Council
- References:
- Murray, J. 2005. The William McDowall Selby Collection, Trans DGNHAS LXXIX, 147-172.
