Find Spot record MHG11818 - BA Axe, Quarry, Cambusmore
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 7600 9699 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH79NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DORNOCH |
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Full Description
A bag-type derivative bronze socketed axe found during quarrying shortly before May 1916 at Cambusmore (NH 76 97) is now in Dunrobin Museum. The herringbone decoration round socket is unique on a socketed axe.
A O Curle 1916; W Henderson 1938; J M Coles 1962.
Acc No 1914.1.
Info from TS of Catalogue of Dunrobin Museum, by A S Henshall.
(Baggy rectangular axe, comparable to Alford variant of Portree type). Single find. Socketed axe, green with very slight pitting, trimmed, very short haft ribs. Length 95mm, mouth 26 x 35mm, cutting edge 53mm, weight 270 gms. Dunrobin Castle Museum, Golspie (1914.1).
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG1179 Text/Publication/Article: Curle, A O. 1916. ''Notes (1) on the discovery of a grave at Balnell, New Luce, Wigtownshire, containing a partially burnt internment, a cinerary urn, a bronze chisel, a bone pin, and a bead of vitreous paste. (2) On a socketed axe of bronze found at Cambusmore, The Mound,. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 302-6. 306.
- --- SHG1475 Text/Publication/Article: Henderson, W. 1938. 'Scottish late Bronze Age axes and Swords', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 72 1937-8, p.150-77. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 150-77. 158, 164.
- --- SHG1476 Text/Publication/Article: Coles, J M. 1962. ''Scottish Late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology'', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 93 1959-60, p.16-134. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 16-134. 74, No. 5.
- --- SHG3000 Text/Publication/Article: Schmidt and Burgess, P K and C B. 1981. 'The axes of Scotland and Northern England', Prahistorische Bronzefunde Vol. 9. Prahistorische Bronzefunde. 190, no. 1094.
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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
