Glasgow, Old St Enoch's Church
Polished Axehead (Jadeite)(Period Unassigned), Logboat (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, Old St Enoch's Church
Classification Polished Axehead (Jadeite)(Period Unassigned), Logboat (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) St Enoch Square; Clyde 1; River Clyde
Canmore ID 44301
Site Number NS56SE 4
NGR NS 5892 6495
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44301
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56SE 4 5892 6495.
(NS 5892 6494) Dugout Canoe & Neolithic Stone Axe found AD 1780 (NAT)
OS 1:1250 map, (1967)
A dug-out oak canoe was found in 1780 by workmen digging the foundations of St Enoch's Church. It lay 25' below the surface, and a polished jade axe was found within it, near the prow. The canoe was destroyed, but the axe (Smith's type IIa), measuring 14.1cm x 6.7cm x 2.7cm, is in private possession.
D Wilson 1863; J B 1856; J Buchanan 1855; W C Smith 1963.
St Enoch's Church, now demolished, stood at NS 5892 6494.
Visited by OS (W M J) 31 August 1951.
(Location cited as NS 589 649). In 1780 foundation work in the area now occupied by St Enoch Square revealed a logboat at a depth of about 7.6m and about 150m NNE of the present river bank. The boat lay horizontally and within the forward part there was found a jadeite axe (which is now held in Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum under accession number GAGM A8931).
[J Buchanan] 1848; D Wilson 1851; [J Buchanan] 1884; W C Smith 1963; J Murray 1994; R J C Mowat 1996; information from Dr C Batey.
Desk Based Assessment (October 2001)
Archaeological desk based study carried out on Glasgow Harbour by FIRAT Archaeological Services.
