December
15
/ 2022
Archaeologists and volunteers examining a 4,500-year-old Neolithic site near Balfron, beside Stirling in Central Scotland, recently rolled back turf and revealed a giant slab of sandstone. Marked with a series of deep channels, it is believed the stone was used like a whetstone to polish axes. The site now represents the largest concentration of Neolithic axe grind points ever discovered in Scotland. An article on Ancient Pages explained that the site is one of only two known Scottish “polissoir” (U-shaped groove) sites. And so important was this location in the Neolithic period that the archeologists believe “people may have travelled for many miles to smooth or sharpen axes at the site.” An Axe-Grinding Stone for those with an Axe to
