Cumstoun
Barbed Point (Antler)
Site Name Cumstoun
Classification Barbed Point (Antler)
Alternative Name(s) River Dee
Canmore ID 64057
Site Number NX65SE 20
NGR NX 68 53
NGR Description NX c. 68 53
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Twynholm
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX65SE 20 c. 68 53.
The large Mesolithic bilaterally barbed red deer antler point, which was retrieved from the bed of the River Dee at Cumstoun, is preserved in the Stewarty Museum, Kirkcudbright.
A D Lacaille 1954
The antler point, Acc. no.2755 in Kirkcudbright Museum, is described there as a barbed spear point of red deer antler. No further information.
Visited by OS (EGC) 11 February 1965
Dated by radiocarbon to 4715 +/- 70bc (OxA-3735), 4855-4575 cal BC.
NMRS MS/735/1.
