NMS Archaeology Object 127006: X.DA 29 - Flat axe


Description

Summary


Early Bronze Age flat axe, type Dunnottar, one of two axes possibly found together with "ferrule-like" objects while ploughing, cists were seemingly also disrupted at the same time, the association is uncertain, from Camptown, Haddington, East Lothian, 2150 - 1950 BC


Accession Number


X.DA 29


Other references

Not recorded1876

Original description

BRONZE FLAT AXES. Axe, 4 3/4 x 2 3/4. From Camptown, Haddington, East Lothian. Anon. note: Probably tinned. Updated from SCRAN full data set.

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)

Camptown, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1876

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Unknown

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Not recorded

Image

Image of Early Bronze Age flat axe, type Dunnottar, one of two axes possibly found together with "ferrule-like" objects while ploughing, cists were seemingly also disrupted at the same time, the association is uncertain, from Camptown, Haddington, East Lothian, 2150 - 1950 BC © National Museums Scotland
Image of Early Bronze Age flat axe, type Dunnottar, one of two axes possibly found together with "ferrule-like" objects while ploughing, cists were seemingly also disrupted at the same time, the association is uncertain, from Camptown, Haddington, East Lothian, 2150 - 1950 BC © National Museums Scotland

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