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Carruchan

Axe Hammer (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Carruchan

Classification Axe Hammer (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 65734

Site Number NX97SW 14

NGR NX 948 738

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Troqueer (Kirkcudbrightshire)
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Nithsdale
  • Former County Kirkcudbrightshire

Archaeology Notes

NX97SW 14 948 738.

An axe-hammer from Carruchan (NX 948 738) is in Dumfries Museum (Accession no: 10/PSA/36).

A E Truckell 1964; F E S Roe 1967.

This Class I axe-hammer is held in Dumfries Museum under accession number DUMFM 1934/36. 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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