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Axe Shaped stone, Sanquhar
This axe shaped stone found in Sanquhar in 1889 is puzzling as it is made of sandstone, a soft mater
Axe flakes, Luce Sands
Four large flakes from polished stone axes. Flakes like these are quite common on Luce Sands. They
Flint adze, Barbae, Stoneykirk
A complete flint adze. The body has been flaked to shape on both sides and the blade has been polis
Stone axe, Prestrie
A small flat axehead made from a rough volcanic stone. Found by a local gamekeeper and added to
Flint axe, Dowalton Loch
A complete polished flint axehead. Flint axes are unusual in Scotland. Only one flint axe is re
Prehistoric finds, Genoch Sands
A mixed collection of prehistoric pottery and worked flints including three Neolithic arrowheads, tw
Stone anvil, Luce Sands
A triangular water-rolled sandstone cobble with a battered and striated face. Probably used as an an
Ground stone tool, Luce Sands
A splayed rectangular cobble with rounded edges and flat faces. Batter marks at both ends and an ar
Axe sharpening stone, Balker
A broken sandstone slab with a ground, concave surface. Stones like this are hard to date but it is
Flint scraper, Caldons Hill
An oval scraper on a flake of brown flint. Retouch around much of edge. Large scrapers like thi
Worked flints, Chapel Heron
A collection of Neolithic or possibly Bronze Age flints collected by the Selbys at the farm of Chape
Carved slab, Whithorn
A broken sandstone slab with a spiral pecked on one face and two oval-type shapes roughly pecked on
Polished flint knife, Calgow
A disc-shaped knife. The semi-circular cutting edge has been ground and polished and polishing exte
Polished flint knife, Luce Sands
A polished rectangular flint knife. Both faces have been ground to a uniformly flat surface with a
Flint axe, Galdenoch
A complete flint axe with a convex blade and a tapered, rounded butt. The blade and body have been
Neolithic pot, Luce Sands
Part of the rim and body of a large Neolithic pot. The original pot was a wide-mouthed, round-botto
Stone axe, Wigtownshire (2)
A small polished stone axe with a narrow, pointed butt. This axe was made at the Neolithic stone
Stone axe, Stairhaven
This beautifully finished stone axe was found with fragments of Neolithic pottery - Peterborough War
Stone axe, Stranraer
A complete polished stone axe. The axe is asymmetrical with a narrow rounded butt, convex blade and
Stone Axe, Kirkcolm
A massive stone axe made on a granite cobble. The body has been pecked to shape and the blade has b
Neolithic pottery, Luce Sands
Late Neolithic pottery known as Impressed Ware because of the decorative pattern pressed into the su
Flint flake, Stranraer
Large flake of grey flint. There are wear marks along both edges - this suggests the flake has been
Worked flint, Mull of Galloway
A collection of flints found in an area of eroded ground at Kennedy's Cairn, Mull of Galloway. This
Flint blades, Mark Farm, Castle Kennedy
A selection of short blades. Some were used as simple knives. Others would have been reworked into
Flint microlith, Mark Farm, Castle Kennedy
A small flint microlith with curving retouch along one edge. Microliths date from the Mesolithic pe
Waste flint, Mark Farm, Castle Kennedy
Some of the hundreds of pieces of waste flint left behind after tool making. Hundreds of flint t
Used flint blades, Mark Farm, Castle Kennedy
These flint blades all show signs of wear along one or more edges. This indicates that they have be
Flint cores, Mark Farm, Castle Kennedy
A selection of flint cores. These are the waste pieces created when flakes and blades have been rem
Flint scrapers, Mark Farm, Castle Kennedy
A selection of flint scrapers. Most have been made by shaping and retouching large flakes. Some of
Retouched flint, Mark Farm, Castle Kennedy
A selection of flint flakes that have been retouched by blunting and shaping one or more edges. The
Polished flint flake, Mark Farm, Castle Kennedy
A slender flake of flint, probably from a polished flint axe. Flakes like this were produced as was
Pitchstone flakes, Mark Farm, Castle Kennedy
Two flakes of pitchstone. Pitchstone is a glass-like volcanic stone which is found on Arran. Fl
Pitchstone, Luce Sands
Small blades and flakes of pitchstone collected from Luce Sands by W F Cormack in the 1960s and 70s.
Flake from a stone axe, Luce Sands
A large flake or fragment from a polished stone axe. A number of axe flakes have been found on the
Stone axe, Cairnpat
A stone axe with a damaged butt. The axe has been ground and polished and polishing lines - paralle
Neolithic Building, Lockerbie
A Neolithic timber hall, about 27m long and 8m wide, excavated ahead of the construction of a new a
Chert Fragment, Lockerbie
Edge-retouched knife on a fine long blade of honey-coloured flint, presumably imported as blue-grey
Flint, Lockerbie
Flake of flint, sheered and split off due to heat, from a Bronze Age cremation burial at Lockerbie A
Flint, Lockerbie
Plano-convex flint blade, from the excavation of a Neolithic hall at Lockerbie Academy.
Pottery Sherd, Luce Sands
A thick pottery sherd found at Luce Bay. This rim section has a fine composition with black matrix a
Storage Pot, Beckton Farm
Description A quarter of a large pot reconstructed from several sherds. The inner rim is decorated w
Flint Fragments, Luce Sands
This flint fragment has evidence of having been worked intensely around its edges. Neolithic flintwo
Flint fragment, Luce Sands
This selection of flint fragments have evidence of having been worked intensely around their edges.
Flint Fragments, Luce Sands
This selection of flint fragments have evidence of having been worked intensely around their edges.
Scraper, worked flint fragments
This selection of flint scrapers from the Hornel Trust are objects which has evidence of having been
Stone Axehead Flake
This object is a fine grained, greenish grey stone axehead flake, and shows part of the process used
Stone Fragment, Cumbria
This large worked fragment of greenish grey volcanic tuff was used in the making of stone axeheads a
Stone axehead, Stoneykirk
Stone axeheads were surprisingly efficient. Fitted to a shaft of wood, antler or bone they could be
Stone Axe, Holywood
Stone axeheads were surprisingly efficient. Fitted to a shaft of wood, antler or bone they could be
Stone Axe, Barvernochan, Whauphill
This light grey axehead from the Hornel Trust, is fine grained but chipped at the blade with rust co
Stone Axe, Glencaple
Large stone axehead discovered near Glencaple, polished. One end is wider than the other, both are c
Stone Axe, Barndennoch
From the collection of Dr Grierson, this large fine grained, grey and white mottled axehead with chi
Axehead, Ecclefechan
Stone axeheads were surprisingly efficient. Fitted to a shaft of wood, antler or bone they could be
Axehead, Moffat
Stone axeheads were surprisingly efficient. Fitted to a shaft of wood, antler or bone they could be
Stone Axehead, Terregles
Originally from the Grierson Collection, this small, fine grained, green stone axehead is slightly c
Stone Axe, Millhousebridge
Stone axeheads were surprisingly efficient. Fitted to a shaft of wood, antler or bone they could be
Abraded Axehead, Moffat
Neolithic axehead with abraded blade. Polished with white exterior and grey interior. Stain across s
Axehead, Kirkbean
Found on the surface while tractor ploughing, this small axehead is typical of those of the period.
Stone axehead, Connelbush
Stone axeheads were surprisingly efficient. Fitted to a shaft of wood, antler or bone they could be
Stone axehead, Lochmaben
Stone axeheads were surprisingly efficient. Fitted to a shaft of wood, antler or bone they could be
Stone Axe, Carrutherstown
Stone axeheads were surprisingly efficient. Fitted to a shaft of wood, antler or bone they could be
Stone Axe, Annan
Stone axeheads were surprisingly efficient. Fitted to a shaft of wood, antler or bone they could be
Saws, Luce Sands, Old Luce
The blades of these saws have been deliberately serrated. Sometimes both sides of the blade have bec
Stone Axe, Moffat
This stone axehead was found near the town of Moffat. It, like many of the axes in our neolithic col
Stone Axehead, Auldgirth
Found near Auldgirth, this axe made from Greenstone Langdale stone is almost oval shaped, polished,
Stone axehead, Glenluce
Polished on one side only, this may possibly be a roughcut for a stone axehead which was never compl
Stone axehead, Sanquar
Stone axeheads were surprisingly efficient. Fitted to a shaft of wood, antler or bone they could be
Stone axe rough out, New Abbey
A Large fine grained, greenish grey stone axe head rough-out. The axe shows that Large flakes have b
Flint axehead, Castle O'er, Eskdalemuir
Grey flint axehead with rough flaked surfaces. Found on a bank near Castle O'er. This remains the so
Stone axehead, Estuary of River Annan
A small, fine grained, grey stone axehead with a curved point at butt. This particular axehead was u
Stone axehead, Keir
A small fine grained, greenish grey stone axehead. Narrow, with wide flattened sides and a curved bl
Stone axehead, Dalbeattie
Description Neolithic polished stone axe head. Large with rounded profile tapering to a pointed butt
Stone axehead, Galloway
A short fine grained, dark grey stone axehead with black specks. Believed to be from Tievebulliagh.
Stone axehead, Watcarrick, Eskdalemuir
Large fine grained, granitic stone axehead with black grey and white crystal matrix. Found NE of Bla
Stone axehead, Kelton Mains, Kelton
Narrow fine grained, whitish grey polished stone axehead. Found in the field below the Road at Kelto
Stone axehead, East Preston, Kirkbean
On loan to Dumfries Museum from the Antiquarian Society, this short fine grained, greenish grey ston
Pottery rim sherd, Luce Sands
A large rim sherd from a Neolithic bowl. The original pot would have had a baggy shape with a round
Polished stone axe, Kirkmaiden
A complete stone axe. It is made from a type of rock which is only found in the Langdale and Scafel
Flint adze, stoneykirk
Polished stone axe, Sanquhar
A small Lakeland axe found at Eliock Grange, Sanquhar, 1881. Originally it would have been shafted
Polished jet belt slider, Luce Sands
Carved jet belt-sliders were used to secure a belt or waist band. These high status objects were ma
Polished flint axe
This complete flint axe was found in a bog. It may have been buried deliberately as an offering to
Polished stone axehead
Axehead of grey granite. There is no record of how the Selbys obtained this object. It may not be
Axehead, Culzean
Discovered at Morriston Farm, near Culzean Castle, this highly polished axehead is made from Langdal
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