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Skye, Kilmuir
Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Kilmuir
Classification Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Duirinish
Canmore ID 11366
Site Number NG46NW 2
NGR NG 44 67
NGR Description NG c. 44 67
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11366
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmuir
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG46NW 2 centred 44 67.
Listed under socketed axes:- From the parish of Kilmuir, Skye, a bronze axe 3 1/4" x 2". In the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland.
Visited by OS (C F W) 9 November 1960.
RCAHMS 1928; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1855.
(Portree type). Single find. Socketed axe, black, trimmed, longotudinal scratch-marks, short haft ribs; length 83mm, mouth 27x31mm, cutting edge 53mm, weight 230 gms. NMAS DE 41.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
