West Kilbride
Lithic Implement(S) (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name West Kilbride
Classification Lithic Implement(S) (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 41029
Site Number NS24NW 4
NGR NS 20 48
NGR Description NS c. 20 48
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish West Kilbride
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS24NW 4 c. 20 48.
There are four felstone axes from West Kilbride (NS 20 48) in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS).
(i) Accession no AF 294, partly polished, measuring 3 1/4" x 2 3/8", was purchased in 1887,
(ii) AF 295, portion only, imperfect at both ends, purchased 1887;
(iii) AF 297, polished, slightly chipped, sides flat 6 1/2" x 2 5/8", purchased 1887; and
(iv) AF 418, measures 4 1/4" x 2 1/2", donated in 1894.
NMAS 1892; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1895; G Black 1894
Smith notes an axe-hammer, and a whorl from West Kilbride district. The axe-hammer, in the possession of Mr McGillivray of West Kilbride, measured 8 3/4 ins by 3 ins by 2 ins; the whorl was 1 1/2 ins in diameter. (Axe- hammer listed by Roe as a ? axe-hammer, whereabouts unknown.
J Smith 1895; F E S Roe 1967.
