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Tynron

Axehead (Stone)

Site Name Tynron

Classification Axehead (Stone)

Canmore ID 65338

Site Number NX89SW 9

NGR NX 805 929

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Tynron
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Nithsdale
  • Former County Dumfries-shire

Archaeology Notes

NX89SW 9 805 929.

A Group IV stone axe from Tynron village (NX 805 929) is in Dumfries Museum (Accession no: 1950-8). It measures 4.5 by 2.1 ins. This axe has been thin-sectioned, the section being held in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.

R B K Stevenson 1961; J Williams 1970.

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