Glencairn
Axe Hammer(S) (Period Unassigned), Spindle Whorl(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glencairn
Classification Axe Hammer(S) (Period Unassigned), Spindle Whorl(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 64811
Site Number NX79SE 14
NGR NX 76 90
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64811
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Glencairn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX79SE 14 76 90.
Artifacts from Glencairn (Parish name : NX 7690)(for which no closer provenance is given) include a smoothing stone (in the NMAS - Acc No: AY 5); two axe-hammers (in Dumfries Museum - Acc Nos : 15/PSA/578A and 27/PSA/577A); two stone whorls, and a greenstone ball (formerly in Thronhill Museum, but transferred to Dumfries in 1965).
An unspecified number of whorls, querns and hammer stones from this parish were in the possession of Mr Corrie in 1910.
J Corrie 1910; NMAS 1892; F E S Roe 1967; A E Truckell 1966
