Site type TERM PENDING
Canmore ID 208254
Site Number NX75SE 44
NGR NX 79748 51345
Council DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
Parish RERRICK
Former Region DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
Former District STEWARTRY
Former County KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE

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NX75SE 44 79748 51345

(NX 798 514) Neolithic polished stone axehead of hornfels, found in or before 2000 in a garden by Mr D Dunstan. Teardrop-shaped axehead with slightly asymmetric profile and adhering traces of mortar. L 138mm; B 71mm; Th. 32mm; 416g. Claimed as Treasure Trove (TT 75/02) and allocated to Stewartry Museum, Kirkcudbright.
A Saville 2003

Saville, A (2003e) '45 Main Street, Auchencairn (Rerrick parish), neolithic axehead', Discovery Excav Scot, vol.4
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