Canmore Site 41919: RIVER IRVINE - DUNDONALD (CUNNINGHAME) - BARBED POINT (ANTLER)
Description
Site Name | RIVER IRVINE |
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Other Name(s) | n/a |
Site Number | NS33NW 15 |
Broad Class | TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT |
Site Type(s) | BARBED POINT (ANTLER) |
NGR | NS 3254 3720 |
NGR accuracy | NGR given to the nearest 10m |
Local Authority | NORTH AYRSHIRE |
Parish | DUNDONALD (CUNNINGHAME) |
Record created | 1988-03-07 |
Last updated | 2000-04-12 |
Archaeology Notes
NS33NW 15 3254 3720
(NS 3254 3720) Mesolithic Antler Point found AD 1938 (NAT)
OS 6" map (1968)
A barbed point, now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS Accession no: HLA 1) was found in 1938 in the bed of the River Irvine. The discovery was reported, but incorrectly sited in (Irvine and Fullarton Times, 12 August 1938). It was noticed from the footpath, below Shewalton sandhills on the left bank, and about the middle of the great bend northward (information from anon finder) (the findspot was indicated at NS 3254 3720 by A D Lacaille on 30 September 1954 during a visit to OS office).
The point, of red deer antler, is 7 5/8 inches long with four barbs on each side. Though exhibiting some Maglemosian and Azilian affinities, Lacaille (1954) shows that it should be considered to be of relatively late post-Mesolithic date, but illustrating the survival of earlier traditions, contemporary with the occupation of the Shewalton sand-dunes.
A D Lacaille 1939; A D Lacaille 1954.
A cast is in Glasgow Art Galleries and Museum (Acc No 42-21).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
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