Find Spot record MHG5820 - BA Sword, Moss of Lyndale
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 3599 5400 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG35SE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | SNIZORT |
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Bronze leaf-shaped sword, perfect, about 2' long, found in the moss of Lyndell (now Lynedale) near Loch Greshornish. Now in the British Museum. Visited by OS (C F W) 9 November 1960.
J Anderson 1879; RCAHMS 1928; J M Coles 1962.
(Ewart Park type - Northern step 1). Found in 1812 in a peat bog. Sword, length 66.70cm, terminal width 3.00cm, shoulder width 5.05cm, maximum blade width 4.00cm; well cast. Surface of blade badly corroded; bevel missing. Hilt in good condition apart from slight corrosion; messy khaki patina, rivets 2 : 2, none in situ. London, Antiquaries Mus. (B 10 b).
C B Burgess and I Colquhoun 1988.
Sources/Archives (8)
- --- SHG1231 Text/Publication/Article: Gregory, D. 1857. 'Notes regarding various remains of antiquity, both of the earlier and middle ages, observed during a recent visit to the Hebrides', Archaeol Scot Vol. 4 1857, p.362-5. Archaeol Scot. 362-5. 365.
- --- SHG1246 Text/Publication/Article: Anderson, J. 1879. 'Notice of a remarkable find of bronze swords and other bronze articles in Edinburgh; with notes on bronze swords found in Scotland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 13 1878-9, p.320-33. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 320-33. 326.
- --- 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. 173.
- --- 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. 83.
- --- SHG1724 Text/Publication/Article: Burgess and Colquhoun, C B and I. 1988. 'The swords of Britain', Prahistoriche Bronzefunde Vol. 4 1988. Prahistoriche Bronzefunde. 90, no. 471.
- --- SHG2656 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1928. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. . lii.
- --- SHG2922 Text/Publication/Volume: Way, A. 1847. Catalogue of Antiquities, Coins, Pictures and Miscellaneous Curiosities in the Possession of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
- --- SHG3547 Text/Publication/Article: Soc Antiq London. 1847. Minutes of the Society of Antiquaries of London Vol. 36 1847, p.421. Minutes of the Society of Antiquaries of London. 421. 421.
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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
