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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 660568
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/660568
NH52NW 7 5305 2860
See also NJ26SE 55 and NJ26SE 56.
An Early Bronze Age axe (type Ba) from near Urquhart Castle (NH52NW 3) is in Inverness Museum (3/39). Another axe of similar type is in Elgin Museum (1875.4), and is said to be probably from Urquhart Castle. (This axe is listed under Moray but it seems probable that it should be under Inverness.)
J M Coles 1971.
(Migdale type). Urquhart Castle (?), Morayshire. Single find. Flat axe, blue-green patina, slightly corroded on one face, butt broken; length 120mm, butt 29mm, cutting edge 73mm, weight 325 gms. Elgin Museum (1875.4).
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
