Find Spot record MHG7242 - BA Halberd, Assich Farm
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 8120 4719 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH84NW |
| Old County | NAIRNSHIRE |
| Civil Parish | CROY AND DALCROSS |
| Geographical Area | NAIRN |
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A BA halberd of O'Riordain's type 6, in the Morvern Institute, London, c.1936, came from "The lands of Clava and Cantray, Inverness." (O'Riordain 1936).
In 1939, Alexander Keiller (who founded this institute) gave a halberd blade, of O'Riordain's type 6, formerly in the possession of Miss May Davidson of Clava and Cantray, to the NMAS. It was labelled in the Museum's Continuation Catalogue as coming from "Asslich, Inverness" and found c.1887, but in the Donation Notice (PSAS 1940) as from "Asslich near Drumnadrochit", which is on the opposite side of Loch Ness to Clava and Cantray. Enquiries in the Drumnadrochit area in 1961 were fruitless, but there is a farm of "Assich" on the lands of Clava and Cantray at NH 812 472 (in Inverness-shire prior to the boundary changes of 1890, but now in Nairn) which may be the provenance. (Acc No: DJ 36)
S P O'Riordain 1936; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1940; I C Walker 1963.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG1676 Text/Publication/Article: O'Riordain, S P. 1936. 'The halberd in Bronze Age Europe', Archaeologia Vol. 86 1936, p.195-321. Archaeologia. 195-321. 321.
- --- SHG214 Text/Publication/Article: Walker, I C. 1963. 'Assich', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1963, p.39. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 39. 39.
- --- SHG576 Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1940. 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 74 1939-40, p.147-58. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 147-58. 149; pl. lvi.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
