Find Spot record MHG18250 - Skye, Achnahannait
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 4999 3699 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG43NE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | PORTREE |
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Full Description
(Socketed axe of Portree type). Hoard, found in a peat bog in a layer of clay under 4-5 feet of peat. The bog had formerly been of greater depth. The find was made in 1946.
Socketed axe, brown, cleaned (?), rough metal and slightly corroded surface, haft ribs; length 99mm, mouth 33x37mm, cutting edge 60mm. Arch. and Ethnol. Mus. Cambridge (48.1861A). Associated find: a socketed gouge with multiple mouth moulding.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- 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. 110.
- --- SHG1519 Text/Publication/Article: Fell, C I. 1951. 'Socketed bronze axe and gouge from Skye', Antiq J Vol. 31 1951, p.72. Antiq J. 72. 72.
- --- 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. 184, no. 1038.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
