Canmore Site 30795: ALYTH - ALYTH - FLANGED AXEHEAD (BRONZE)(BRONZE AGE)
Description
Site Name | ALYTH |
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Other Name(s) | n/a |
Site Number | NO24NW 5 |
Broad Class | TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT |
Site Type(s) | FLANGED AXEHEAD (BRONZE)(BRONZE AGE) |
NGR | NO 24 48 |
NGR accuracy | NGR given to the nearest 1km |
Local Authority | PERTH AND KINROSS |
Parish | ALYTH |
Record created | 1988-02-22 |
Last updated | 2000-04-12 |
Archaeology Notes
NO24NW 5 c24 48
A Class II, MBA bronze flanged axehead, which was found near Alyth in 1957, was lent to Glasgow Art Gallery & Museum (Acc. No. LA 5737.b) by the finder Mr D.C. Turner. It measures 4 1/8" by 1 3/4" max. width.
J G Scott 1957; J M Coles 1966
According to local information, Mr Turner has since moved to Goole Grammar School, Yorkshire. Otherwise, no siting information obtained. Visited by OS (WDJ) 7 October 1970
No further information. Mr Turner died in 1969.
(Information from D Laverack, Secretary, Grammar School, Goole, Yorks.)
(Long-flanged axe of Kirtomy type). Single find - Flanged axe, or chisel, smooth, pitted in places, green, slope stop, butt and cutting edge corroded; length 105mm, butt 20mm, cutting edge 45mm, weight 220 gms.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
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