Find Spot record MHG4108 - Eyre Point, Raasay
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 5799 3400 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG53SE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | PORTREE |
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Full Description
Mr Macleod, the shoemaker, of Clachan, Raasay, has in his possession an LBA rivetted and socketed bronze spearhead, given to him by a crofter who found it about 1916 in a natural rock shelter beneath the cliffs at Eyre Point.
The blade is 8" long and 1 3/4" across the broadest part. Part of the socket is missing.
Visited by OS (A S P) 14 June 1961.
Mr Macleod not available at time of visit.
Visited by OS (A A) 22 September 1971.
This spearhead is now in RMS (NMAS) (DG 113).
J Close-Brooks 1978.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG1155 Text/Publication/Article: Close-Brooks, J. 1978. 'New finds of late Bronze-Age spearheads from Scotland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 107 1975-6, p.310-13. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 310-13. 312; fig. 2.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
