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Middlebie

Celtic Head (Stone)

Site Name Middlebie

Classification Celtic Head (Stone)

Alternative Name(s) Birrens; Middleby

Canmore ID 67097

Site Number NY27NW 38

NGR NY 2 7

NGR Description Unlocated

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Middlebie
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Annandale And Eskdale
  • Former County Dumfries-shire

Archaeology Notes

NY27NW 38 unlocated

This freestanding head was found 'near the Roman Camp at Middlebie...'. It is held in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) under accession number FV 8 and provenanced as from 'Middleby', Annandale; it is listed as 'Female with hair rolled back at the sides'.

J Anderson 1896; W Dodds 1972.

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Note (1997)

NY27NW 38 Unlocated

Listed as small find (stone head).

RCAHMS 1997.

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