NMS Archaeology Object 167504: X.IL 167 - Axe
Description
Summary
Iron axe head of Viking type from Eigg, 9th - 12th century
Accession Number
X.IL 167
Other references
Not recorded | 1878 |
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Original description
VIKING PERIOD. Iron axe-head of Viking type. Eigg. KJD notes, Registration date reads '1878, 1882'. MOSAICS note, April 1997: This axe-head was found in a Viking burial mound near Kildonan Chapel on Eigg. 9th - 12th century.
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)
Eigg, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe
Acquisition
Acquisition date
1878
Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)
Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer
Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)
Donor
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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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Highland HER MonUID: MHG3968 | Cairns - Kildonnan, Eigg | Definite | |
NMS Accession Number: X.IL 167 | No linked record | Identifier supplied by NMS |
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