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Melbourne Crossroads

Lithic Scatter(S) (Prehistoric), Settlement (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Site Name Melbourne Crossroads

Classification Lithic Scatter(S) (Prehistoric), Settlement (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) Lochhead

Canmore ID 140922

Site Number NT04SE 57

NGR NT 087 443

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/140922

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Administrative Areas

  • Council South Lanarkshire
  • Parish Dolphinton
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Clydesdale
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Archaeology Notes

NT04SE 57 087 443

NT 087 443 Arable fieldwalking continues (Ward 1997), and has produced quantities of lithic material including hammerstones, flint knives and scrapers, a leaf-shaped arrowhead and a Late Neolithic chisel-shaped arrowhead.

Sponsors: Biggar Museum Trust, Lanark and District Archaeological Society.

T Ward 1998.

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