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Clonyard Loch

Flat Axehead (Bronze)

Site Name Clonyard Loch

Classification Flat Axehead (Bronze)

Alternative Name(s) Auchensheen West

Canmore ID 239588

Site Number NX85NE 48

NGR NX 857 556

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Colvend And Southwick
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Stewartry
  • Former County Kirkcudbrightshire

Archaeology Notes

NX85NE 48 857 556

NX 857 556 Decorated Early Bronze Age flat axehead found by Mr P Need while metal detecting near Clonyard Loch. The location is close to the findspot of another Early Bronze Age axehead discovered by the finder in 1993 (NX85NE 9). Allocated, via Treasure Trove, to Stewartry Museum, Kirkcudbright.

T Cowie 2002.

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