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Clayshant

Axe Hammer (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Clayshant

Classification Axe Hammer (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) West Freugh Weapons Range

Canmore ID 61313

Site Number NX15SW 4

NGR NX 110 526

NGR Description NX c. 110 526

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Stoneykirk
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Wigtown
  • Former County Wigtownshire

Archaeology Notes

NX15SW 4 c. 110 526

An axe-hammer from Clayshant (NX 110 526) is in Whithorn Museum.

F E S Roe 1967

No further information.

Visited by OS (RD) 1 September 1970.

This Class I axe-hammer is held in Whithorn Museum under accession number A.5. It has been petrologically attributed to Group XXVII (greywacke from the Southern Uplands of Scotland).

T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.

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