Find Spot record MHG20126 - Axe/Ingot, Inverness-Shire

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Grid reference Centred NH 5500 3000 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH53SE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish CONTIN

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(Flat copper axe or ingot - unclassified). Inverness-shire (?). Axe or ingot, very bad casting, corroded on one face, smooth on the other. Length 177mm, butt 81mm, cutting edge 136mm, weight 1030 gms. Inverness Mus. (00.81). Possibly not genuine and therfore apparently not listed by Coles (1969).
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.

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  • --- 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. 29, no. 36.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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