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Mike Ellis writes: This was taken by me just a few weeks ago when I managed to get
permission from the National Museum of Scotland to photograph the axe referred to in the last page of the document "The Hill Fort on the Barmekin of Echt by W. Douglas Simpson" linked below. It is referred to as a "greenstone axe". I had a detailed conversation with the chief geologist in the museum and he said "this is not a greenstone axe" it is made of "chlorite schist" which is widely available in that area of Aberdeenshire.
It is thought to have been made between 3,800 - 3,000 BC and, as it weighs 3.289 kilos it is thought it was used for cutting down trees!
permission from the National Museum of Scotland to photograph the axe referred to in the last page of the document "The Hill Fort on the Barmekin of Echt by W. Douglas Simpson" linked below. It is referred to as a "greenstone axe". I had a detailed conversation with the chief geologist in the museum and he said "this is not a greenstone axe" it is made of "chlorite schist" which is widely available in that area of Aberdeenshire.
It is thought to have been made between 3,800 - 3,000 BC and, as it weighs 3.289 kilos it is thought it was used for cutting down trees!
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