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Kingholm Quay
Axe Hammer (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kingholm Quay
Classification Axe Hammer (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 65699
Site Number NX97SE 28
NGR NX 976 732
NGR Description NX c. 976 732
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65699
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dumfries
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX97SE 28 c. 976 732.
NX 976 732. A Bronze Age axe-hammer, found in 1977 near Kingholm Quay (NX97NE 33), is in Dumfries Museum.
DES 1977.
This Class I axe-hammer is held in Dumfries Museum under accession number DUMFM 1977/32. It has been petrologically attributed to group XXX (hornblende lamprophyre from Northern Scotland).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
