Highland HER Monument MHG59068: BA Flat Axehead - Aldourie, Dores


Description

Site NameBA Flat Axehead - Aldourie, Dores
Site Type(s)FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Find Type(s)AXEHEAD Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC (FHG2789)
NGRNH 6055 3627
ParishDORES
Record created10/12/2018 16:02:51
Last updated13/05/2020 22:33:43

Description and Sources

A flat axehead was discovered at Aldourie by metal detecting in 2014. It was submitted to Treasure Trove (TT 27/14) and allocated to Inverness Museum. It is listed under Acc. No. 2014.048. <1> <2> <3>

The axe 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. <4>


<1> Treasure Trove, 2019, Highland Finds from Treasure Trove Annual Reports 2004-18, TT 27/14 (Dataset/Database File). SHG28208.

<2> Treasure Trove, 2019, Treasure Trove Artefact Reports for Highland Area 1994-2018, TT 27/14 (Text/Record Form). SHG28370.

<3> Inverness Museum & Art Gallery, Inverness Museum & Art Gallery Accession registers, 2014.048 (Collection/Catalogue). SHG25836.

<4> Clark, G., Cowie, T. & Kruse, S, 2017, Feats of Clay, Cat. No. 23 (Text/Publication/Monograph). SHG28012.

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