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Kingholm Quay
Axe Hammer
Site Name Kingholm Quay
Classification Axe Hammer
Canmore ID 65699
Site Number NX97SE 28
NGR NX 976 732
NGR Description NX c. 976 732
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dumfries
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX97SE 28 c. 976 732.
NX 976 732. A Bronze Age axe-hammer, found in 1977 near Kingholm Quay (NX97NE 33), is in Dumfries Museum.
DES 1977.
This Class I axe-hammer is held in Dumfries Museum under accession number DUMFM 1977/32. It has been petrologically attributed to group XXX (hornblende lamprophyre from Northern Scotland).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
