North Berwick Law
Bead (Bone), Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Site Name North Berwick Law
Classification Bead (Bone), Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 56700
Site Number NT58SE 33
NGR NT 5567 8394
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56700
- Council East Lothian
- Parish North Berwick
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT58SE 33 5567 8394.
(NT 5567 8394) Socketed Bronze Axe found (NAT)
OS 6" map (1969)
(NT 5567 8394) A Late Bronze Age socketed axe, in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS Accession no: DE 91) was found on the low fringe eastward of the quarry on the S side of North Berwick Law, and some 50 yds from the old entrance way to the plateau. A short distance W of the axe find, a large and unique bone bead was found at NT 5563 8394 (J M Coles 1962).
Information from J S Richardson (North Berwick Burgh Museum) letter and sketch plan, 11 September 1962.
No further information was found regarding the find spots of these objects.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 16 November 1962.
Publication Account (1981)
(Wallington type). Single find. Socketed axe, green, slightly pitted, trimmed; length 104mm, mouth 25 x 31mm, cutting edge 44mm, weight 295 gms. NMAS DE 91.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
