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Kirkbean Burn
Core (Period Unassigned), Scraper (Tool) (Period Unassigned), Vessel (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kirkbean Burn
Classification Core (Period Unassigned), Scraper (Tool) (Period Unassigned), Vessel (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 65479
Site Number NX96SE 12
NGR NX 985 603
NGR Description NX 985 603 and NX 985 602
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65479
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkbean
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX96SE 12 985 603 and 985 602.
A waterworn white patinated discoidal flint scraper, a patinated flint core, and a fragment of a 15th century vessel, all found at NX 985 603, near the mouth of Kirkbean Burn, are in Dumfries Museum.
Also in Dumfries Museum is a large mesolithic core scraper, found at NX 985 602.
A E Truckell 1976
