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Hillhead Of Daviot
Flat Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hillhead Of Daviot
Classification Flat Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Easterton; Hillhead Of Daviot Farm
Canmore ID 157932
Site Number NJ72NE 142
NGR NJ 7501 2731
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/157932
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Daviot
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ72NE 142 7501 2731
(Location cited as NJ 7501 2731). Hillhead of Daviot. In 1998 Mrs H Barron found a flat bronze axe while metal-detecting in a field to the S of Daviot. It is complete and in good condition, has been declared treasure trove
(TT 50/98), and is held in Aberdeen University Anthropological Museum, Marischal College, under accession number ABDUA 649/99.
NMRS, MS/712/92.
Treasure trove number corrected to TT 60/98.
Information from Mrs M Greig (Aberdeenshire Archaeological Service), 20 July 2000.
NJ 749 275 In September 1996 an Early Bronze Age flat axehead was found by Mrs H Barron, Inverurie, on the surface of a ploughed field. Claimed as Treasure Trove (TT 60/98) and allocated to Marischal Museum, Aberdeen.
F Hunter 1999.
The accession number of this axe in Marischal Museum, Aberdeen, is ABDUA: 64999.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 9 September 2003.
