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Loch Dughaill

Flanged Axehead (Bronze)

Site Name Loch Dughaill

Classification Flanged Axehead (Bronze)

Alternative Name(s) Loch Dhugail; Achnashellach

Canmore ID 12031

Site Number NG94NE 1

NGR NG 99 47

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Lochcarron
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NG94NE 1 99 47.

Flanged bronze axe, measuring 3 7/8 inches in length, 1 1/4 inch in breadth across the cutting edge, and 1 7/8 inch across the flanges, found on the south shore, near the eastern end of Loch Dhugaill, Auchnashellach, Ross-shire, in July 1925.

This was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] by F D Stewart Sandeman, The Law, Kingennie, Forfarshire. (DC 110)

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1926.

No further information

Visited by OS (W D J) 21 October 1966.

(Unclassified flanged axe). Single find. Flanged axe, corroded, green; length 100mm, butt 24mm, cutting edge 32mm, weight 175 gms. NMAS DC 110.

P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.

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