Stone Axe (Tillside)
A highly polished stone axe was found at this site in 1945. It is made of a green stone and is in very good condition. Axes, such as this, were made in the Neolithic period. They were clearly important object and may have had some religious purpose.
N3408
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; E Geary
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