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Glenzier Burn

Axe Hammer

Site Name Glenzier Burn

Classification Axe Hammer

Canmore ID 81964

Site Number NY37NE 46

NGR NY 35 75

NGR Description NY c. 35 75

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NY37NE 46 c. 35 75

This Class I axe-hammer is held in Carlisle Museum under accession number Carl. 87-1970.1. It has been petrologically attributed to group XXVII (greywacke from the Southern uplands of Scotland) or, possibly, group XV (micaceous sub-greywacke from the southern Lake district of Cumbria).

TH McK Clough and WA Cummins 1988.

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