Find Spot record MHG3830 - Fairfield Road, Inverness, axe
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6500 4499 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH64SE |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | INVERNESS AND BONA |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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A flat bronze axe some 6ins long 'found in the neighbourhood of Inverness' according to the card accompanying the exhibit, is in Inverness Museum; no accession number.
Visited by OS 31 March 1960.
Coles, listing a type Ba axe from Fairfield Road, Inverness, in Inverness Museum, is presumably referring to the same axe. (Fairfield Road runs from NH 6526 4553 to NH 6618 4524).
J M Coles 1971.
(Flat axe of Migdale type). Slightly corroded, black-brown, butt broken; length remaining 122mm, butt (?), cutting edge 91mm, weight 340 gms. Inverness Museum (00.80).
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG1474 Text/Publication/Article: Coles, J M. 1971. 'Scottish Early Bronze Age metalwork', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 101 1968-9, p.1-110. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 1-110. 82.
- --- 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. 38, 257, no. 100.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
