Canmore Site 20457: SAVOCH - NEW DEER - FLANGED AXEHEAD (BRONZE)


Description

Site NameSAVOCH
Other Name(s)n/a
Site NumberNJ93NW 28
Broad ClassTOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Site Type(s)FLANGED AXEHEAD (BRONZE)
NGRNJ 91 38
Local AuthorityABERDEENSHIRE
ParishNEW DEER
Record created1988-04-25
Last updated2000-04-12

Archaeology Notes

NJ93NW 28 c. 91 38. A Middle Bronze Age flanged axe (Class III) found on Savock (Anderson and Black 1888) or Savoch (Coles 1966) Farm, Aberdeenshire (Green of Savoch : NJ 917 389 Waulkmill of Savoch : NJ 929 373) has been in the Arbuthnot Museum, Peterhead, since at least 1888 (Acc No 2786). (There is also a Savoch farm at NK 04 58). J Anderson and G F Black 1888; J M Coles 1966. (Savoch variant of Cragg Wood type). Single find, in a moss. Flanged axe, sandy brown green, slope-stop; length 138mm, butt 20mm, stop-height 3mm, cutting edge 42mm, weight 310 gms. P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.

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