Axes & Maces

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Axe-hammer, Balgowan, Kirkcolm
A complete axe-hammer made on a cobble of local sandstone.  It has a rounded butt, flat sides and a
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Axe-hammer, Culmore, Stoneykirk
A complete axe-hammer made on a cobble of local sandstone.  This object is part of the Anderson Coll
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Axe-hammer, Wigtownshire
A complete axe-hammer on a cobble of local sandstone.  This implement was discovered in Wigtownshire
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Axe-hammer, Blairbuy, Monreith
A complete axe-hammer with convex faces and convex sides and butt.  Found on the farm of Blairbuy so
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Axe-hammer, Kilgarth, Kildrochat
A complete axe-hammer.  Found lying under a hedge.   Axe-hammers were in use between 2000Bc and 15
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Bronze axe, Merton Hall
This bronze axe, known as a palstave, was found in an area of boggy ground which may have been a mar
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Axehead, Gretna
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Stone Axe Hammer, North Milton
Early Bronze Age stone Axe Hammer The function of these items is not certain, although they could h
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Axe Head, Garlieston
Socketed and looped Bronze Age axe-head found at Orchardton, Garlieston, Wigtownshire. Lent to the S
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Stone Battle Axe, Amisfield
From the collection of Dr Grierson, this small battle axe with central shaft hole has a blade which
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Battle axe, Land Farm, Tynron,
From the collection of Dr Grierson, this Battle axe found near Tynron c1800 was discovered in a cair
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Stone Mace, Slacks Farm, Tinwald
Found in a ploughed field by Samuel Cruthers in 1875, this stone mace is ovoid in shape with a shaft
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Stone Axe Hammer, Fairholm Roman Fort, Lockerbie
From the collection of Dr Grierson, this axe hammer was found on the site of the Roman Fort at Fairh
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Axe Hammer, Durisdeer
Found at Coshogle near Durisdeer, this Bronze Age axe hammer is made from stone & sandstone, is
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Stone Axe Hammer, Balaggan, Durisdeer
From the Grierson collection, this Bronze Age perforated Axe Hammer is small in size, with a central
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Battle Axe, Janefield Park, Troqueer
A battle axe with both surfaces curved towards a central shaft hole. With a scratched surface, and s
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Battle Axe, Castledykes
A long axe hammer with an off centre shaft hole, rounded butt tapers to a pointed polished blade. Th
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Mace Head, Holehouse, Canonbie
From the collections of the Antiquarian Society, this triangular mace head hammer has a round slight
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Mace Head, Morrington Quarry, Dunscore
This mace head was discovered after blasting operations at a quarry in 1926. It may have been used f
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Mace Head, Lochmaben
Collected by a Mr John Smith, and on loan from the Antiquarian Society, this short ovoid mace head h
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Mace Head, Starrieheugh Farm, Terregles
A short ovoid shaped mace head with an off centre shaft hole. The mace head has a rounded butt and b
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Stone axe Hammer, Greenhead
From the collection of Dr Grierson, this is an unfinished axe hammer, almost triangular in shape. Th
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Axehammer, Kirkmichael
A large plain axe hammer with large central shaft hole. The side tapers from a square butt towards t
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Stone Axehammer, Near Dumfries
A plain axe hammer with unfinished shaft hole in centre. The side tapers from a square flattened but
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Axe Hammer, Perch Hall, Applegarth
A dished axe hammer with a shaft hole in centre with a broad single groove from hole towards the bla
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Axe Hammer, Locharbriggs
  Found in a drainage ditch in 1947, this item which is on loan from the Antiquarian Society is a p
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Socketed Axehead, Auchencairn Hill
This socketed axehead, from the collection of Dr Grierson, was found on Auchencairn Hill, Rerrick in
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Socketed Axehead, Closeburn Town Park
Found by a metal dectorist in 1983, this bronze socketed axehead has a linear decoration around the
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Socketed Axehead, Kirkton
A small socketed axe with a curved blade, worn with slight hooks at each side. The axehead is hollow
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Socketed Axehead
A late Bronze Age socketed axe with a small curved blade. With a hollow construction with four ridge
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Socketed Axehead, Annan
Donated by the Dumfries & Galloway Natural History & Antiquarian Society (DGNHAS), this Late
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Flint Knife, Barndennoch
A large flint knife with rounded tooled edge, pale grey, with mottled surface on its flat side. Disc
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Flanged Axehead, Drumcruilton Farm
From the Grierson Collection, this  Middle Bronze Age haft flanged axe has a semi-circular blade wit
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Flanged Axehead, Raeburn Bog
This flanged axehead was discovered in Raeburn Bog in 1873. From the collection of Dr Grierson, this
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Flanged Axehead, Durisdeer
This bronze flanged axehead was formerly owned by Dr Grierson and displayed in his Musuem in Thornhi
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Flanged Axe, Cairnsmore of Fleet
This flanged axehead, presented by Captain Robert Dinwiddie in 1921, was found in an excavation near
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Flanged Axehead, Greyfriars Churchyard
Found in the foundations of Greyfriars church in the winter of 1866, this middle Bronze Age flanged
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Flanged Axehead, Greyfriars Churchyard
Found in the foundations of Greyfriars church in the winter of 1866, this middle Bronze Age flanged
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Looped flanged axehead, Greyfriars Church
Found in the foundations of Greyfriars church in the winter of 1866, this Middle Bronze Age looped p
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Haft-flanged axehead, Dumfries
Found in the foundations of Greyfriars church in the winter of 1866, this half-flanged palstave is m
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Flanged Axehead, Holywood
An early Bronze Age flat axe found in a drain cutting near Holywood. With a slightly curved narrow b
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Flat Axehead, Newfield
This flat axehead was discovered at Newfield near Lockerbie. An early Bronze Age flat axe, with a sl
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Flat Axe Head, Barbush Farm, Troqueer
This large flat axehead was discovered by a metal detector in 1980 at Barbush Farm in Troqueer.   
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Flat Axehead, Kirkpatrick Fleming
 This flat axehead was discovered on Hayfield Farm near Kirkpatrick Fleming in the 1870s. This examp
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Axe Head, Annan
Early Bronze Age flat axes   Early metal tools were simple because the stone moulds used for casti
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Bladed Axe, Annan
A bladed Axe discovered near Annan.   Early Bronze Age axes   Early metal tools were simple beca
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Flat Copper Axehead, Galston
This axehead dates from the early part of the bronze age.   Early Bronze Age flat axes   Early m
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Copper flat axe, Stair Estate
These are prehistoric copper axes. They were made between 2200 BC and 2000 BC. They were found on
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Socketed Axe Head, Mauchline
This socketed axe head was found by the Glenfield Ramblers on the moors near Low Overmoor Farm near
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Fake bronze axe
This bronze axe with its distinctive flange is typical of the Bronze Age.  It is however a Victorian
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Bronze flat axe
Flat axes like this were made during the Early Bronze Age.  This one has a curved blade and a square
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Socketed bronze axe
This socketed bronze axe is one of three bought by Selby in 1894 from an Edinburgh antique dealer ca
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Axe-hammer, Campford
This massive axe-hammer was found on the farm of Culgarie, Wigtownshire in 1894.  It was found by Ja
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