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MHG3027 - Spear - 'Field of Blood', Connage

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The findspot of a bronze spearhead, in a field called the 'Field of Blood', possibly suggesting a battlesite.

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See also MHG3028 for the three bronze flat axes.

Some years ago (from 1925) a bronze spear was found in a field called the 'Field of Blood'.
G Bain 1925.

The 'Field of Blood' formerly part of Connage, now incorporated in Inverness (Dalcross) Aerodrome, was centred at NH 777 526. No further information could be found regarding this find and its present whereabouts are not known.
Visited by OS (R D) 18 August 1964.

This spearhead was catalogued as part of the North Kessock & District Local History Society and Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH) collaborative 'Feats of Clay' Project, which was focused on Bronze Age metalworking around the Moray Firth. It was last recorded as in the possession of the Earl of Moray, and is now lost. It may be part of a hoard of three, possible four, Early Bronze Age flat axes, also found in the 'Field of Blood'. The spearhead was assigned a Late Bronze Age date. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 7770 5259 (50m by 50m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH75SE
Civil Parish	PETTY
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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