Dockenflat
Coin (Roman)
Site Name Dockenflat
Classification Coin (Roman)
Alternative Name(s) Birrens
Canmore ID 67067
Site Number NY27NW 10
NGR NY 235 777
NGR Description NY c. 235 777
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67067
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Middlebie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY27NW 10 c. 235 777.
A bronze coin of Maxentius found about 1935 in repairing a stone dyke at Dockenflat (NY 235 777), near Ecclefechan, was shown to Birley by Mr A Cunningham, Larchcroft, Ecclefechan.
E Birley 1938
The bronze coin of Maxentius was found by Mr Cunningham about the middle of the W side of Birrens (NY27NW 4) in 1934. The coin found at Dockenflat was a small, as yet unidentified Roman coin; it was not found by Mr Cunningham, who could not supply any further information regarding its find-spot. The two coins are either in the Dumfries or Edinburgh Museum.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 20 October 1967
Neither of these coins is in Dumfries Museum.
Visited by OS (EGC) 6 November 1967.
