Canmore Site 65572: DUMFRIES - DUMFRIES - POLISHED AXEHEAD (STONE)


Description

Site NameDUMFRIES
Other Name(s)n/a
Site NumberNX97NE 40
Broad ClassTOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Site Type(s)POLISHED AXEHEAD (STONE)
NGRNX 97 76
NGR accuracyNGR given to the nearest 1km
Local AuthorityDUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
ParishDUMFRIES
Record created1988-07-04
Last updated2000-04-12

Archaeology Notes

NX97NE 40 c. 97 76. The cutting end of a polished claystone axe, 3 1/4" x 2 1/8", found during excavations at Dumfries, which was in the Grierson Museum, Thornhill, is now in Dumfries Museum. J Anderson and G F Black 1888; A E Truckell 1966 William lists a Group VI polished stone axe from Dumfries town, in Dumfries Museum (Acc No: 1965-100). (Group VI comprises objects of epidotized intermediate tuff of the Borrowdale Volcanic Series from the Great Langdale and Scafell areas of Cumbria). J Williams 1970; T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.

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