Kevans
Flat Axehead (Bronze)
Site Name Kevans
Classification Flat Axehead (Bronze)
Canmore ID 63249
Site Number NX44SE 16
NGR NX 468 422
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63249
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Sorbie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX44SE 16 468 422.
Ploughed up on Kevans farm; now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS Accession no: DA 47). Coles' type Bc, decorated.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1859; G Wilson 1880; J M Coles 1965; 1971
(Flat axe of Bandon type). Single find. Flat/flanged axe, corroded, brittle, grey-brown, sides faceted, hammered-up edges preserved on one face; length 118mm, butt (?), cutting edge 62mm, weight 200 gms. NMAS DA 47.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
