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Irelandton Farm
Axe Hammer (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Irelandton Farm
Classification Axe Hammer (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 64022
Site Number NX65NW 10
NGR NX 646 562
NGR Description NX c. 646 562
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64022
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Twynholm
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX65NW 10 c. 646 562.
A sandstone axe-hammer from Irelandton farm (NX 646 562) measuring 11" x 4" x 2", is in Kirkcudbright Museum (acc No 3283).
J M Corrie 1930; F E S Roe 1967
No further information.
Visited by OS (DWR) 16 February 1972.
This Class I axe-hammer has been petrologically attributed to 'near' group XXVII (greywacke from the Southern uplands of Scotland).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
