MHG4108 - LBA Spearhead - Eyre Point, Raasay

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)

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Mr Macleod, the shoemaker, of Clachan, Raasay, has in his possession an LBA rivetted and socketed bronze spearhead, given to him by a crofter who found it about 1916 in a natural rock shelter beneath the cliffs at Eyre Point.
The blade is 8" long and 1 3/4" across the broadest part. Part of the socket is missing.
Visited by OS (A S P) 14 June 1961.

Mr Macleod not available at time of visit.
Visited by OS (A A) 22 September 1971.

This spearhead is now in RMS (NMAS) (DG 113).
J Close-Brooks 1978.

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--- SHG1155 Text/Publication/Article: Close-Brooks, J. 1978. 'New finds of late Bronze-Age spearheads from Scotland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 107 1975-6, p.310-13. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 310-13. 312; fig. 2.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 5799 3400 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG53SE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	PORTREE

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SPEARHEAD (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/11483 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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