NMS Archaeology Object 14376: H.HY 62 - Knife blade
Description
Summary
Knife blade of iron with a surviving copper alloy mounting where the blade meets the tang, from Urquhart Castle, 13th - 17th century
Accession Number
H.HY 62
Other references
| HAAQ Register Number NMAS Loan Number | H.1955.834 Q.L.1923.62 |
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Original description
Urquhart Castle. [One of] Collection of relics found during the restoration of the Castle by H.M. Office of Works - see Register for 1923 pp.53-63 and Loan Register 1923. 5-140. PSAS 112, 1982, 465-476. [One of] Knife blades, like nos 38-39. No 35 has a long tang and heavy triangular section, now concave. No 36 has a copper alloy mounting surviving where the blade meets the tang. SD note, November 1999: Upgraded from PSAS.
Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)
None
Discovery / field collection
Date of discovery
Not recorded
Method (e.g. excavation)
Not recorded
Place (i.e. location of discovery)
Grid reference
Not recorded
Acquisition
Acquisition date
1955-06-03
Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)
Seafield Trustees
MacKenzie, Innes and Logan [Melville Street, Edinburgh]
Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)
Donor
Agent
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Identifiers and Links to Other Records
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| Identifier / External Link | Linked Record | Status | Comment |
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| Canmore Site Id: 12547 | URQUHART CASTLE - URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON - CASTLE (MEDIEVAL), FORT (PERIOD UNASSIGNED), MOTTE AND BAILEY (MEDIEVAL), VITRIFIED STONE (PERIOD UNASSIGNED), PIN(S) (COPPER) | Definite | |
| NMS Accession Number: H.HY 62 | No linked record | Identifier supplied by NMS |
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