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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 664379
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/664379
NH95SE 19 c. 970 527.
A MBA hoard consisting of a bronze flanged axe, 5 1/4" long, and three or four rings coupled together was found at Bothywells (Bothiewell: NH 970 527) near Darnaway. It is in Forres Museum, but the circumstances of finding and the description of the site are not known.
J M Coles 1966
No further information.
Visited by OS (RL) 5 January 1971.
(Wing-flanged axe of Ulrome type). Hoard. Flanged axe, condition unknown. Length c. 135mm, cutting edge c. 42mm. Forres Museum (reg. unknown). Associated finds: three or four rings coupled together, lost.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
