Tarrasfoot Tileworks
Knife (Flint)
Site Name Tarrasfoot Tileworks
Classification Knife (Flint)
Canmore ID 67661
Site Number NY38SE 19
NGR NY 380 812
NGR Description NY c. 380 812
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Langholm
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY38SE 19 c. 380 812.
A discoidal flint knife, 9.9cms long, 7.1cms wide and a maximum of 1.2cms thick, was found in 1947 at approximately NY 380 812, in a field on the N bank of the Tarras Water, close to Tarras Tile Works (NY38SE 44), the first time the field was ploughed within living memory. It was donated to Carlisle Museum by Mrs Tweddle (Acc No: 87.1947-1).
C I Fell 1970.
