MHG7242 - BA Halberd, Assich Farm
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
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.
This halberd 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 (7)
- --- 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. 87.
- --- 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. 98.
- --- 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.
- --- SHG28278 Dataset/Database File: National Museums Scotland. 2019. Highland Finds from the NMS Catalogue. National Museums Scotland. Digital. DJ 36.
- --- 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.
- <1> SHG28012 Text/Publication/Monograph: Clark, G., Cowie, T. & Kruse, S. 2017. Feats of Clay. Cat. No. 48.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 8120 4719 (4m by 4m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH84NW |
| Civil Parish | CROY AND DALCROSS |
| Geographical Area | NAIRN |
Finds (1)
- HALBERD (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (2)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/15024 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
- https://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/results.php?QUICKSEARCH=1&search_term=assich (Link to online NMS catalogue record)
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