Find Spot record MHG3048 - Culloden Muir
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 7300 4499 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH74SW |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | INVERNESS AND BONA |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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Full Description
A Late Bronze Age socketed axe has been found at Culloden.
W Henderson 1938.
"A bronze celt, of the most simple form, found on the moor at Culloden" was loaned by the Inverness Museum to the Museum of the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland during their Annual Meeting, held in Edinburgh, July 1856.
Archaeol Inst Great Britain Ireland 1859.
This axe was not located. The only small socketed axe (4" long) in Inverness Museum, was presented by a Mrs Manners, Sunnybank in December 1932. Details of find are not available, and it is doubtful if it is the Culloden axe.
Visited by OS (J L D) 23 March 1962.
(Culloden variant of Gillespie type). Single find. Socketed axe, green patina, smooth surface, trimmed, haft ribs, cutting edge hammered. Length 80mm, mouth 28 x 31mm, cutting edge 64mm, weight 186 gms. British Museum (WG 1981).
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- 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. 165.
- --- 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. 69.
- --- SHG1913 Text/Publication/Volume: Archaeol Inst Great Britain Ireland. 1859. Catalogue of Antiquities, Works of Art and Historical Scottish Relics. 9.
- --- 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. 196, no. 1148.
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Record last edited
Apr 11 2011 11:36AM
