MHG59073 - BA Flat Axehead - Near Nairn
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
An Early Bronze Age flat axe (Coles' type Ba) from near Nairn (NH 8856) is in the British Museum (ex Greenwell Collection - Accession no: WG 1796). The butt is very slightly damaged. It measures 5ins long, 3.05ins across the blade and 1.4ins across the butt.
I C Walker 1967; J M Coles 1971.
No further information obtained.
Visited by OS (E G C) 29 November 1961.
(Migdale type). Nairn, Nairnshire. From the neighbourhood of Nairn. Single find. Flat axe, green, half broken in the middle, scratchmarks parallel to cutting edge, cutting edge worked (modern). Length 128mm, butt 36mm, cutting edge 78mm, weight 188 gms. BM WG 1796.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
This axehead was catalogued and photographed 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 assigned an Early Bronze Age date. <1>
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG1474 Text/Publication/Article: Coles, J M. 1971. 'Scottish Early Bronze Age metalwork', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 101 1968-9, p.1-110. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 1-110. pp. 84.
- --- SHG1528 Text/Publication/Article: Walker, I C. 1967. 'Some objects from Nairnshire, Moray and Banffshire in the British Museum', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 98 1964-6, p.312-15. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 312-15. pp. 314.
- --- SHG1640 Text/Publication/Article: Walker, I C. 1974. 'The counties of Nairnshire, Moray and Banffshire in the Bronze Age, Part II', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 104 1971-2, p.71-120. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 71-120. pp. 93, no. 2.
- --- SHG3000 Text/Publication/Article: Schmidt and Burgess, P K and C B. 1981. 'The axes of Scotland and Northern England', Prahistorische Bronzefunde Vol. 9. Prahistorische Bronzefunde. pp. 37, no. 79.
- <1> SHG28012 Text/Publication/Monograph: Clark, G., Cowie, T. & Kruse, S. 2017. Feats of Clay. Cat. No. 43. XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 8800 5600 (10m by 10m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH85NE |
| Civil Parish | NAIRN |
| Geographical Area | NAIRN |
Finds (1)
- AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/15109/nairn (Link to online HES Canmore record)
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