Archaeology Notes

Event ID 729543

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NX97NE 19 9725 7604.

A fine copper pot was found when excavations were made at Maxwell's shop, High Street, Dumfries. It stands on three legs, each an inch in height, 10 1/2 inches to the rim, the diameter of the latter is 10 1/2 inches, the sides swelling to 12 inches. It has two right-angle shaped handles from rim to side, and has been patched, the rivets being still visible on the inside.

Trans Dumfriesshire Galloway Natur Hist Antiq Soc 1915

NX 9725 7604. Sited to Binns Store, High Street, by A E Truckell.

Visited by OS (JLD) 8 December 1960