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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 661676
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/661676
NH64NE 32 c. 65 45
A flat bronze axe some 6ins long 'found in the neighbourhood of Inverness' according to the card accompanying the exhibit, is in Inverness Museum; no accession number.
Visited by OS 31 March 1960.
Coles, listing a type Ba axe from Fairfield Road, Inverness, in Inverness Museum, is presumably referring to the same axe. (Fairfield Road runs from NH 6526 4553 to NH 6618 4524).
J M Coles 1971.
(Flat axe of Migdale type). Slightly corroded, black-brown, butt broken; length remaining 122mm, butt (?), cutting edge 91mm, weight 340 gms. Inverness Museum (00.80).
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
