Find Spot record MHG3642 - BA metalwork, Dores

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Grid reference Centred NH 5999 3400 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH53SE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DORES
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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A bronze sword, and a fragment of a bronze blade, apparently part of a weapon, like a broad-bladed scythe, two-edged and slightly curved, found in the parish of Dores were exhibited at Edinburgh in 1856, on loan from Inverness Museum. (See also NH53SE 12, and NH63SW 6, - bronze sickle.) Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 1859.

Items not located in Inverness Museum.
Visited by OS (J L D) 23 March 1962.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Archaeol Inst Great Britain Ireland. 1859. Catalogue of Antiquities, Works of Art and Historical Scottish Relics. 9.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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