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Fruin Water, Dumfin
Findspot (Period Unassigned), Helmet (Period Unassigned), Spearhead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Fruin Water, Dumfin
Classification Findspot (Period Unassigned), Helmet (Period Unassigned), Spearhead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 42508
Site Number NS38SW 4
NGR NS 3350 8463
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42508
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Luss
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Dumbarton
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS38SW 4 3350 8463.
(Area NS 3350 8463) A bronze Spearhead with two loops, and measuring 6 1/2" x 1" was found in 1836 in the old channel of the River Fruin in a field called "Blar Chean" (Field of the Head) on the NW side of Fingal's Hill immediately below the Bridge of Fruin.
Nearby was found a helmet with visor still attached (see also NS38SW 6 for another) said to be a knight's or trooper's helmet of the time of the conflict in Glen Fruin - AD 1603. The gorget of a helmet was also found, and probably belonged to the one just described.
H F Stewart 1855
Socketed and looped bronze spearhead of LBA type, now lost; but water colour sketch seen on 16 May 1953 at the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS].
Information from J G Scott, 16 July 1953.
No local knowledge of the name "Blar Chean" could discovered, nor could the old river course in the area be identified.
Visited by OS (RDL) 22 January 1963
