Grant Braes
Flanged Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Site Name Grant Braes
Classification Flanged Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 54664
Site Number NT46NE 13
NGR NT 49 69
NGR Description NT c. 49 69
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/54664
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Bolton
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT46NE 13 c. 49 69.
A Middle Bronze Age flanged axe (Coles' Class II, Haddington type) measuring 6" x 2 1/4" from Grant Braes was purchased from the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] before 1892 (Accession no: DC 15).
NMAS 1892; J M Coles 1966
No further information.
Visited by OS (BS) 24 July 1975.
(Long-flanged axe of Kirtomy type). Single find. Flanged axe, corroded, green surface, wall-stop, hammered blade; length 155mm, butt 25mm, stop-height 9mm, cutting edge 60mm; weight 475 gms. NMAS DC 15.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
