Dundonald
Inorganic Material (Bronze), Lamp (Stone)
Site Name Dundonald
Classification Inorganic Material (Bronze), Lamp (Stone)
Canmore ID 41962
Site Number NS33SE 12
NGR NS 36 34
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41962
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Dundonald (Kyle And Carrick)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS33SE 12 36 34
A small stone lamp was found in recent years in a garden on the E side of Dundonald village (NS 36 34); and a piece of old bronze was found in another garden on the W side. It formed a segment of a circle and weighed nearly four pounds (W Alexander 1894). The stone lamp is of a kind of serpentinous stone and may not be native.
J Smith 1895.
No further information concerning the stone lamp. Kilmarnock Museum accessions list "part of a bronze plate - found while digging a garden in Dundonald - NS 365 345". The donor was a Mr J H Alexander in 1911 (Accession no: DO 13). The plate was not available for inspection; it is thought to be in store at Dean Castle, Kilmarnock (C Woodward, Museum Dept, Dick Institute, Kilmarnock).
Visited by OS (JRL), 25 May 1982.
