Dundonald
Inorganic Material (Bronze)(Period Unassigned), Lamp (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dundonald
Classification Inorganic Material (Bronze)(Period Unassigned), Lamp (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
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.
