Polished stone axe-head

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

Field collection: Landsdowne, Coupar Angus Road, Dundee. Found during excavations of a multi-story

Donated by: Dundee City Council Architects Department
Museum number: 1964-64

This well used axe has been identified as being made from hornfels. It could have originated from either the axe factory in Langdale or Creag na Caillich, near Killin in Perthshire.