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Darvel, Law Bridge
Socketed Axehead
Site Name Darvel, Law Bridge
Classification Socketed Axehead
Alternative Name(s) Low Overmoor
Canmore ID 43647
Site Number NS53NE 17
NGR NS 570 382
NGR Description NS c. 570 382
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43647
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Loudoun
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kilmarnock And Loudoun
- Former County Ayrshire
NS53NE 17 c. 570 382.
A Late Bronze Age socketed axe from Law, Darvel (Law Bridge: NS 570 382) is in the Dick Institute, Kilmarnock.
J M Coles 1962
Mr J Hunter (Archaeology dept, Dick Institute, Kilmarnock) confirms
that the above find came from Low Overmoor, Darvel (not Law): see
Visited by OS (JRL) 24 August 1982.
(Socketed axe: Dungiven variant of Dowris type). Law, Darvel, Ayrshire. Single find. Socketed axe, porous, originally green patina, trimmed, short haft ribs. Length 95mm, mouth 28 x 32mm, cuttinbg edge 58mm, weight 240 gms. Dick Institute, Kilmarnock.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
