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Slattadale
Flanged Axehead (Bronze)
Site Name Slattadale
Classification Flanged Axehead (Bronze)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Maree; Slatadale
Canmore ID 11963
Site Number NG87SE 1
NGR NG 88 72
NGR Description NG c. 88 72
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11963
- Council Highland
- Parish Gairloch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NG87SE 1 c. 88 72.
Bronze celt found at Slatadale; it is considerably worn. (The illustration agrees with the description of an axe found near Poolewe - See NG88SE 7)
J H Dixon 1886.
A class II MBA axe from Slattadale, Loch Maree. (Auchendrane group). In the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) Accession no L 1958.14.
J M Coles 1962.
(Flanged axe of Balcarry type). Single find. Flanged axe, badly corroded, green; length 143mm, butt 20mm, cutting edge 42mm, weight 220 gms. NMAS L.1958.14.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
External Reference (2011)
This axehead is now (2011) on display at Gairloch Museum.
Information from the ARCH Community Timelines Project, 2011.
