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Description: | large slightly hollowed stone (possibly has been used as a quern) with axe-shaped depression
"During the earlier Bronze Age, 1800-1100 BC, flat axe-heads were cast by pouring molten metal into a matrix carved in stone, probably by specialist bronze smiths. Sometimes these moulds have more than one matrix, indicating other bronze objects were also cast. This single matrix axe mould has been carved on a large, slightly hollowed stone, which may have previously been a quern. The mould is for a Migdale axe head. Marks scored on the stone may be from the proces of axe making. The axe mould was found at East Cruichie, Drumblade, Huntly, Aberdeenshire."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN
Field collector: Johnston, Richard | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 2400 BC-1800 BC; EBA | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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