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Dowalton Loch
Bead(S) (Period Unassigned), Cauldron (Period Unassigned), Paddle (Period Unassigned), Tripod Vessel (Bronze)(Period Unassigned), Whetstone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dowalton Loch
Classification Bead(S) (Period Unassigned), Cauldron (Period Unassigned), Paddle (Period Unassigned), Tripod Vessel (Bronze)(Period Unassigned), Whetstone (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 63208
Site Number NX44NW 24
NGR NX 40 46
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63208
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Sorbie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX44NW 24 40 46.
Finds from Dowalton Loch, which are in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) include: a bronze handle of a large cauldron, (Late Bronze Age bucket - J M Coles 1962) a short tube of bronze, a wooden boat paddle, portions of piles, various beads of glass, earthenware and amber, a small clay crucible, whetstones, shale rings and a Medieval cooking pot. (The Md cooking pot has the acc.no. MA 54 - the others part of the sequence HU 2-70).
NMAS 1892; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1868; H E Maxwell 1889
A melon bead, now in NMAS, and a 2nd century Roman bronze brooch, now in Kelvingrove Museum, are among the finds from Dowalton Loch.
A S Robertson 1970
