Canmore Site 66172: MOUSWALD PLACE - MOUSWALD - BEAD(S) (JET), FLANGED AXEHEAD (BRONZE), SPEARHEAD (IRON), SPINDLE WHORL(S) (STONE)
Description
Site Name | MOUSWALD PLACE |
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Other Name(s) | n/a |
Site Number | NY07SE 19 |
Broad Class | AGRICULTURE AND SUBSISTENCE (OBJECT), DRESS AND PERSONAL ACCESSORIES, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, ARMOUR AND WEAPONS |
Site Type(s) | BEAD(S) (JET), FLANGED AXEHEAD (BRONZE), SPEARHEAD (IRON), SPINDLE WHORL(S) (STONE) |
NGR | NY 061 738 |
NGR accuracy | NGR given to the nearest 100m |
Local Authority | DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY |
Parish | MOUSWALD |
Record created | 1988-05-23 |
Last updated | 2002-05-14 |
Archaeology Notes
NY07SE 19 c. 061 738.
A collection of objects found at Mouswald Place and now in the National Museum of Antiquities, comprises:
Bronze flanged axe, 4 1/2 in long;
Iron spear-head, 17 in long, the socket open on one side;
The side handle and foot of a brass cooking pot;
Six stone spindle whorls, one ornamented with incised lines;
Six jet beads, one of variegated glass, and one of amber (no doubt from an urn burial see NY07SE 16);
A flat oval perforated sandstone pebble;
Three glass bottle-marks, one dated 1709;
Part of a cannon ball.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1889
No knowledge of any of these objects was found at Mouswald Place.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 31 October 1967
(Flanged bronze axe; Baldersby variant of Lissett type) Single find. Flanged axe, pitted, green, slope stop; length 110mm, butt 21mm, cutting edge 41mm, weight 240gms. National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS DC 63).
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
Identifiers and Links to Other Records
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Identifier / External Link | Linked Record | Status | Comment |
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Canmore Site Number (legacy): NY07SE 19 | No linked record | ||
NMS Primary Reference: 133329 | X.FJ 45 - Bead | Possible | Items found include 1 variegated glass bead, found 1889 very near suggested location of Dumfriesshire, images are not linked right, but possibly could be located to confirm. |
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