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Gairloch
Flat Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)(Possible), Ingot (Copper)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gairloch
Classification Flat Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)(Possible), Ingot (Copper)(Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Stack House
Canmore ID 11953
Site Number NG87NW 14
NGR NG 8050 7517
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11953
- Council Highland
- Parish Gairloch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NG87NW 14 8050 7517.
(NG 8050 7517) An ingot of arsenical copper, possibly a rough casting, still to be hammered out, for an Early Bronze Age flat axe, was found in the foundations of Stack House when it was built a few years before 1972, in which year the ingot was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by the owner, Group Capt. P G Thomson (Accession no: DT 5).
Information contained from J Close-brooks (NMAS) 24 April 1972; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1975; J Close-Brooks 1977.
Single find, from the garden of Stack House. Ingot (?), length 98mm, max. width 43mm, thickness 7mm. NMAS DT 5.
Analysis (all in percent): Internal As 0.9, Ag 0.7, Sn 9.4, Sb 0.3. Surface As 3.8, Ag 1.3, Sn 67.5, Sb 0.7.
This ingot could be a blank for a dagger.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
