Skye, Glen Drynoch
Flat Axehead (Bronze)
Site Name Skye, Glen Drynoch
Classification Flat Axehead (Bronze)
Canmore ID 11268
Site Number NG43SW 5
NGR NG 43 30
NGR Description NG c. 43 30
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11268
- Council Highland
- Parish Bracadale
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG43SW 5 c. 43 30.
Purchased for the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) :- Bronze flat axe, 5 3/8" x 3 1/8", from Glen Drynoch, Skye.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1907.
(Flat axe of Migdale type). Single find. Flat axe, rough surface, green, signs of polishing; length 135mm, butt 27mm, cutting edge 77mm, weight 295 gms. NMAS (DA 73).
C B Schmidt and P K Burgess 1981.
