Find Spot record MHG7060 - Hoard, Woodend
Summary
Bronze Age hoard
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 9465 5774 (4m by 4m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH95NW |
| Old County | NAIRNSHIRE |
| Civil Parish | AULDEARN |
| Geographical Area | NAIRN |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
A MBA hoard consisting of a fragment of a looped and socketed spearhead, a socketed hammer and an anvil all of bronze, was found about 1945 by a Canadian soldier, on the edge of Inshoch Wood (NH 955 580) near Woodend (NH 9465 5774), and was donated to Inverness Museum. It is dated to the Glentrool phase, from 1100 BC, and may be part of a founder's hoard and tools. There are casts of the hammer and anvil in NMAS.
V G Childe 1948; J M Coles 1966; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1946
No further information.
Visited by OS (RL) 11 December 1970
Information from ARCH Community Timeline Project: Auldearn:
Also known as the Inshoch Wood Hoard <1>
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG1477 Text/Publication/Article: Coles, J M. 1966. 'Scottish Middle Bronze Age metalwork', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 97 1963-4, p.82-156. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 82-156. 154.
- --- SHG30 Text/Publication/Article: Childe, V G. 1948. 'A bronze worker's anvil and other tools recently acquired by the Inverness Museum, with a note on another Scottish anvil', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, Vol 80 (1945-46), pp 8-11.
- --- SHG577 Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1946. 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and library', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 79 1944-5, p.175-84. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 175-84. 180.
- <1> SHG25449 Collection/Project Archive: Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH). 08/2011. Digital site gazetteer and archive for ARCH Community Timeline Project: Auldearn. Yes. Site 8.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Sep 9 2011 11:33AM
