Canmore Site 40973: DALGARVEN - KILWINNING - ADZE (FLINT)
Description
Site Name | DALGARVEN |
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Other Name(s) | n/a |
Site Number | NS24NE 15 |
Broad Class | TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT |
Site Type(s) | ADZE (FLINT) |
NGR | NS 295 457 |
NGR accuracy | NGR given to the nearest 100m |
Local Authority | NORTH AYRSHIRE |
Parish | KILWINNING |
Record created | 1988-03-07 |
Last updated | 2000-04-12 |
Archaeology Notes
NS24NE 15 295 457.
A neolithic 'duck-bill' adze of mottled grey flint, half polished, half flaked, length 7.4ins, from Dalgarven (NS 295 457) was on loan to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS Accession no: L.1956.1) but was retuned to its owner in 1964. It was subsequently donated to Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum.
NMAS Loan Accessions Index
No further information; Dalgarven House is now a hotel, and other general enquiries in the area produced no knowledge of the find.
Visited by OS (JRL) 27 October 1982
(Acc No: LA 6436b).
J B Kenworthy 1979
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