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Londubh
Spearhead (Bronze)
Site Name Londubh
Classification Spearhead (Bronze)
Alternative Name(s) Ng97sw 6
Canmore ID 11978
Site Number NG88SE 11
NGR NG 86 80
NGR Description Centred NG 86 80
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11978
- Council Highland
- Parish Gairloch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NG88SE 11 86 80.
Bronze socketed spearhead found by Hector Maciver whilst cutting peats at Londubh (NG 8680).
(The figure in the authority agrees very closely with the description of a bronze socketed spearhead found at Talladale. - NG97SW 6).
J H Dixon 1886.
Hector McIver also found the LBA hoard (NG88SE 5) while digging peats at Londubh; and the spearhead here illustrated appears to be identical with the LBA spearhead found at Talladale. (NG97SW 6) These facts could suggest either, that this spearhead may have come from the same peat-moss as the hoard, and may even have formed part of it; or they could suggest that Dixon (J H Dixon 1886) , who is the only authority to mention this spearhead, has confused the finding of the Talladale spearhead with the finder of the LBA hoard.
External Reference (2011)
This object is now (2011) on display in the Gairloch Museum.
Information from the ARCH Community Timelines Course, 2011
