Highland HER Monument MHG13889: BA Socketed Axeheads - Skye
Description
| Site Name | BA Socketed Axeheads - Skye |
|---|---|
| Site Type(s) | FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC) |
| Find Type(s) | AXEHEAD (2) Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC (FHG211) |
| NGR | NG 4500 3000 |
| Parish | BRACADALE |
| Record created | 21/05/2003 13:52:32 |
| Last updated | 26/05/2020 13:54:58 |
Description and Sources
Two bronze socketed axes listed from Skye without further information or exact provenance. <1>
Both in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. <2>
Acc. No. DE 39 and 40.
Visited by OS, C F W December 1960
One measures 2 3/4 x 2 in., the other 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. They were acquired by the NMS in 1784 from Reverend Donald McQueen. <3>
<1> RCAHMS, 1928, The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles (Text/Report). SHG2656.
<2> Coles, J M, 1962, ''Scottish Late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology'', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 93 1959-60, p.16-134, pp 69 (Text/Publication/Article). SHG1476.
<3> National Museums of Scotland, 2019, Highland Finds from the NMS Catalogue, DE 39-40 (Dataset/Database File). SHG28278.
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