Archaeology Notes

Event ID 726741

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NX44NE 9 450 470.

A polished axe, of Westmorland stone (Group VI), found at Sorbie Tower (NX 4509 4702), which was formerly in the collection of Mr Hornel at Broughton House, Kirkcudbright, is now in Dumfries Museum (Accession no: 1961-20-3).

J M Corrie 1932; A E Truckell 1964; J Williams 1970

No further information.

Visited by OS (RD) 25 August 1970.

This axe has been attributed to group VI (objects of epidotized intermediate tuff of the Borrowdale Volcanic Series from the Great Langdale and Scafell areas of Cumbria).

T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.