Canmore Site 64415: NORTH MILTON - KIRKCUDBRIGHT - AXE HAMMER
Description
Site Name | NORTH MILTON |
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Other Name(s) | n/a |
Site Number | NX74NW 19 |
Broad Class | TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT |
Site Type(s) | AXE HAMMER |
NGR | NX 708 477 |
NGR accuracy | NGR given to the nearest 100m |
Local Authority | DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY |
Parish | KIRKCUDBRIGHT |
Record created | 1988-07-04 |
Last updated | 2000-04-12 |
Archaeology Notes
NX74NW 19 c. 708 477.
A greenstone axe, measuring 9" by 3 1/2", from N Milton (NX 708 477) is in Kirkcudbright Museum.
J M Corrie 1930
An axe-hammer from N Milton is in Kirkcudbright Museum (Acc. No. 2683).
F E S Roe 1967
From the dimensions of Acc. No 2683 it would appear that both authorities are referring to the same implement. No further information.
Visited by OS (RD) 18 January 1971.
This Class I axe-hammer has been petrologically described as 'near' to group XXVII (greywacke from the Southern uplands of Scotland).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
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