Archaeology Notes

Event ID 699152

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS24SE 19 c. 292 418.

A decorated, Early Bronze Age flat axe, measuring 6 3/8 by 3 1/2 ins (Coles' type Bb) was found about 1834, three feet below the surface, in a field on Bog farm (NS 292 418 on OS 6" 1958). In 1884, this axe was in the possession of the Rev W Pinkerton; it is now in the North Ayrshire Museum, Saltcoats (A Morrison 1978).

J Macdonald 1884; J M Coles 1971; J Smith 1895

No further information was obtained during field investigation.

Visited by OS (JLD) 13 September 1956

This flat axe (checked with illustration (Morrison) and dimensions (Macdonald)) is erroneously listed, at Saltcoats Museum, as being found in a grave at Broom farm (NS 283 421) and is formally displayed with this description. The temporary custodian (Mrs Susan Allison, Cunninghame District Council) confirms that this is the only flat axe held by the Museum (no accession or catalogue number).

Visited by OS (JRL) 30 September 1982.