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Glenjorrie Burn
Polished Axehead(S) (Jadeite)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glenjorrie Burn
Classification Polished Axehead(S) (Jadeite)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 62163
Site Number NX25NW 24
NGR NX 203 581
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/62163
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Old Luce
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX25NW 24 203 581.
(Area NX 203 581) A polished jadeite axe found in 1930 in Glenjorrie Burn is in the possession of Miss Molly N Ingles, Boatgreen, Gatehouse of Fleet. Another polished jadeite axe found in Glenjorrie Burn was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by Rev G Wilson, Glenluce in 1871 (Accession no. AF 57). (Information from Miss M Ingles sketch and letter 9 May 1971)
R S G Anderson 1930; W C Smith 1963; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1873
