Archaeology Notes

Event ID 673423

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NM15SE 3 156 530.

The hilt end of a bronze sword, listed by Coles as of Late Bronze Age, Ewart Park type, was found c. 1875 on a bed of sand under 3 1/2' of peat, about 25-30' from the crannog, as if it had been thrown from it into what was once a loch. Beveridge states it is in the possession of Col. Stewart of Coll. (See also NM15SE 6)

W M'Gillivray 1878; J M Coles 1962; E Beveridge 1903.

No further information.

Visited by OS (R L) 1 July 1972.

The present whereabouts of this sword are unknown. No further information.

RCAHMS 1980.