Find Spot record MHG2909 - Findspot, Cantray Wood

Summary

Cantray Wood

Location

Grid reference Centred NH 7500 4499 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH74SE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish CROY AND DALCROSS
Geographical Area INVERNESS

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Unlocated.

No.38. A LBA socketed axe found on the border of Cantray and Clava is preserved in Marischal College (Aberdeen)
W Henderson 1938; Information from Broonze Age catalogue.

No further information concerning the find spot or circumstances of the find of this axe could be ascertained.
Visited by OS (N K B) 13 August 1964.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- 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. 165.
  • --- 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. 69.
  • --- 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. 258.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Apr 11 2011 11:37AM

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