Auchencairn Hill
Socketed Axehead (Bronze)
Site Name Auchencairn Hill
Classification Socketed Axehead (Bronze)
Alternative Name(s) Auchencairn Hill; Rerrick
Canmore ID 66024
Site Number NX99SW 25
NGR NX 934 905
NGR Description NX c. 934 905
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/66024
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Closeburn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX99SW 25 c. 934 905.
A Late Bronze Age socketed axe, found on Auchencairn Hill (NX 934 905) in 1859, which was in Thornhill Museum, was transferred to Dumfries Museum in 1965. It measures 4 5/8" x 2 1/2" across the cutting edge and is ornamented down each face by four slightly raised vertical ribs.
G F Black 1894; A E Truckell 1966; J M Coles 1962
The axe is on display in Dumfries Museum. No further information.
Visited by OS (MJF) 9 September 1977.
(Socketed axe of Sompting type). Single find. Socketed axe, smooth, green, scratch-marks. Length 119mm, mouth 26 x 30mm, cutting edge 63mm, weight 325 gms. Dumfries Museum 1965.679 (Thornhill 6).
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.