Loophill
Axehead (Stone), Mould (Stone)
Site Name Loophill
Classification Axehead (Stone), Mould (Stone)
Alternative Name(s) Loophill, Canonbie
Canmore ID 67529
Site Number NY37NE 8
NGR NY 370 776
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67529
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Canonbie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY37NE 8 c. 370 776.
A Bronze Age stone mould for a chisel and perhaps a small mirror, from Loophill (NY 370 776), found before 1931 was presented to Dumfries Museum by Capt. J G Milne Home 10 March 1950, together with a stone axe and pieces of Roman flue-tile from the Canonbie area.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1931; Trans Dumfriesshire Galloway Natur Hist Antiq Soc 1951
Capt. Milne Home was unable to give any further information. Finds still in Dumfries Museum.
Visited by OS (RD) 18 December 1970.
Note (1997)
NY37NE 8 c. 370 776
Listed as stone mould.
RCAHMS 1997
