Find Spot record MHG4865 - BA Spearhead, Bracadale

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Grid reference Centred NG 3469 3845 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG33NW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish BRACADALE

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(Information contained in letter and annotated 6"map by J Close-Brooks to OS, 18 May 1976) A large, leaf-shaped Bronze Age spearhead was found sticking out of a peat bank about two feet down in the peat about 1972 by Mr A MacDonald, Paisley Hill, Struan, Skye. It was purchased for the NMAS in 1976 (Acc No: DG 114).
J Close-Brook 1978; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1978.

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  • --- 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. 311-12.
  • --- Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1978. 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 107 1975-6, p.333-40. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 333-40. 336; illust.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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