Kirkcudbright
Linen Smoother (Glass)
Site Name Kirkcudbright
Classification Linen Smoother (Glass)
Canmore ID 64087
Site Number NX65SE 46
NGR NX 6841 5082
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkcudbright
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX65SE 46 6841 5082.
(Approx: NX 6841 5082) In the Stewartry Museum Kirkcudbright (register No. 3176) is preserved a glass linen smoother which seems to be of Viking type". It is 4 ins in diameter and 2 3/16 ins in height, and of a Norse type (predominantly 10th C).
It was found in 1902 when a trench was being cut for laying a gas pipe between Townend and Millburn, not far from the present position of the Stewartry Museum.
J G Scott 1956