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Darnaway
Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Site Name Darnaway
Classification Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Newton Of Darnaway
Canmore ID 15532
Site Number NH95NE 6
NGR NH 99 55
NGR Description NH c. 99 55
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Moray
- Parish Dyke And Moy
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NH95NE 6 c. 99 55.
A bag-type LBA socketed axe found in the neighbourhood of Darnaway (NH 99 55) was purchased for the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1902 (DE 66).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1902; J M Coles 1962.
(Alford variant of Highfield type). Newton of Darnaway, Edinkillie, Morayshire. Single find. Socketed axe, rough black-green surface, untrimmed, haft-ribs. Length 76mm, mouth 29x33mm, cutting edge 69mm, weight 260 gms. NMAS DE 66.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
