Roughrigg Reservoir, Airdrie
Flake(S) (Flint)(Period Unassigned), Saw (Flint)(Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Roughrigg Reservoir, Airdrie
Classification Flake(S) (Flint)(Period Unassigned), Saw (Flint)(Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 46735
Site Number NS86SW 1
NGR NS 805 639
NGR Description c 805 639
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/46735
- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Shotts (Monklands)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Monklands
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS86SW 1 c 805 639.
An Early Bronze Age flint saw, 2.6" long, was found in 1936 by Mr Auld at the side of Roughrigg Reservoir.
J H Maxwell 1941.
(Area NS 806 639) The saw was found just inside the reservoir wall, opposite the waterman's house, on a tongue of gravelly land stretching into the water. Mr J M Davidson, Honorary Secretary, Society of Antiquities of Scotland visiting the site some years ago, when the water was low, picked up a few sherds of pottery and flint flakes. The area was much grown over when he re-visited it in 1952.
Visited by OS(JLD) 30 October 1952.
