Polished stone axe, Dundee

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Polished stone axe, Neolithic 5,400 -4,900 years ago

Field collection: Found near the site of kitchen midden, Stannergate, Dundee

Donated by: Dundee Naturalists Society
Museum number 1964-67

By looking at a small section of this axe under a microscope, it was determined that it originated at the Langdale axe quarry in Cumbria.