Fenwick
Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Fenwick
Classification Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 42933
Site Number NS44SE 4
NGR NS 46 43
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42933
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Fenwick
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kilmarnock And Loudoun
- Former County Ayrshire
NS44SE 4 46 43.
A stone axe, 11 1/2 ins by 3 1/2 ins, found at Fenwick (NS 46 43) was donated to the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow by the Rev W Boyd (Accession no: A-36).
J Smith 1895; Accession Book, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University.
No further information.
Visited by OS (JLD) 14 August 1956
Site recorded during an avoidance oriented evaluation of the proposed upgrading of the A77 to motorway standard from Fenwick in Kilmarnock and Loudoun District to Malletsheugh in Eastwood District.
NS 46 43 Stone axe find-spot.
Sponsor: Roads Directorate of The Scottish Office Department, managed on its behalf by Historic Scotland.
R Strachan and D Alexander 1995.
