Flake from a stone axe, Luce Sands
Luce Sands
A large flake or fragment from a polished stone axe. A
number of axe flakes have been found on the sand dunes at Luce
Sands. They may be waste from reworking broken axes.
Alternatively these flakes could be from the deliberate destruction
of stone axes as part of some ritual.
Object no :
SMAH 006
Collection :
Creator :
NA
Place of Production :
NA
Dimensions :
Length: 97mm
Materials :
Volcanic stone (tuff)
Location :
Luce Sands
Related site :
Accession number :
WIWMS 1954.88
Copyright :
Dumfries & Galloway Council