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Skye, Bracadale Cemetery

Spearhead (Bronze)

Site Name Skye, Bracadale Cemetery

Classification Spearhead (Bronze)

Canmore ID 11058

Site Number NG33NW 12

NGR NG 3470 3846

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Bracadale
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Skye And Lochalsh
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NG33NW 12 3470 3846.

(NG 3470 3846) (Information contained in letter and annotated 6"map by J Close-Brooks to OS, 18 May 1976) A large, leaf-shaped Bronze Age spearhead was found sticking out of a peat bank about two feet down in the peat about 1972 by Mr A MacDonald, Paisley Hill, Struan, Skye. It was purchased for the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1976 (Accession no: DG 114).

J Close-Brook 1978; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1978.

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