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Skye, Bracadale Cemetery
Spearhead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Bracadale Cemetery
Classification Spearhead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 11058
Site Number NG33NW 12
NGR NG 3470 3846
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11058
- Council Highland
- Parish Bracadale
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
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.
