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Heatheryhaugh
Hoard (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Heatheryhaugh
Classification Hoard (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Glen Dye; Heathery Haugh
Canmore ID 36140
Site Number NO68NE 1
NGR NO 6593 8691
NGR Description NO c. 6593 8691
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36140
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Strachan
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO68NE 1 c. 6593 8691.
A Late Bronze Age Hoard of two swords - Ewart Park type: one broken - and two spearheads - Class V, was found on Heatheryhaugh farm in 1951 and donated to Montrose Museum by James Brandie of Montrose. It dates from the 8th century BC.
J M Coles 1962.
The approximate find spot at NO 6593 8691 was indicated on the 6" sheet by Mr Brandie (J Brandie, 68 Southesk Street, Montrose) who gave the hoard to Montrose Museum a few days after ploughing it up.
Heatheryhaugh farm is no longer permanently occupied.
Visited by OS (R L) 16 December 1971.
(Ewart Park type - Northern unclassified). Turned up by plough. Sword, missing top of hilt; length 41.7cm, shoulder width 4.25cm, maximum blade width 2.95cm; mid green smooth patina. Some corrosion. Patina where hilt has been (outline remains) is a slate colour; rivets ?:2, one in situ. Montrose Museum (1977.79).
C B Burgess and I Colquhoun 1988.
