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Kirkbog
Paddle
Site Name Kirkbog
Classification Paddle
Canmore ID 117064
Site Number NX89SE 62
NGR NX 872 939
NGR Description NX c. 872 939
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Closeburn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX89SE 62 c. 872 939
In 1862 a 'Canoe Paddle' was found (presumably during drainage operations) on the farm of Kirkbog near Closeburn and 'in a moss lying below a deposit of loam and gravel of about six feet (1.8m) in depth'. Kirkbog farm is situated on the haughland of the middle valley of the Nith at an altitude of about 50m OD, and the overlying deposit was possibly of riverine origin.
The paddle was not recorded in detail and does not appear to survive.
TDGNHAS 1866; R J C Mowat 1996.
