Find Spot record MHG7828 - BA Sword, Inverbroom
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 1700 8400 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH18SE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | LOCHBROOM |
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Full Description
A late Bronze Age leaf-shaped sword with a bronze pommel found by a gamekeeper in the cleft of a rock above Inverbroom in 1896.
In Aberdeen Museum; fascsimile in NMAS - DL 45.
PSA London 1901; J Anderson 1896; W Henderson 1938; J M Coles 1962.
(Ewart Park type - Caledonian unclassified). Single find. Heavy, well-cast sword, with wide blade. Length 70.4cm, terminal width 5.25cm, shoulder width 6.2cm, maximum blade width 5.25cm: very heavy, well cast and in excellent condition, dark green patina. The tang can be seen underneath the pommel showing that the handle and sword were cast seperately: solid cast hilt. Aberdeen City Mus. (45.2.236, WS Bell collection).
C B Burgess and I Colquhoun 1988.
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG1169 Text/Publication/Article: Anderson, J. 1896. 'Note on a bronze sword found at Inverbroom, Ross-shire; exhibited by J A Fowler, Esq., of Braemore', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 30 1895-6, p.352-6. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 352-6. 352-6.
- --- 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. 172.
- --- 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. 85.
- --- SHG1724 Text/Publication/Article: Burgess and Colquhoun, C B and I. 1988. 'The swords of Britain', Prahistoriche Bronzefunde Vol. 4 1988. Prahistoriche Bronzefunde. 101, no. 594.
- --- SHG957 Text/Publication/Article: PSA London. 1901. 'Isolated finds', Proc Soc Antiq London Vol. 18 1899-1900, p.370-1. Proc Soc Antiq London. 370-1. 370.
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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
