Culbin
Flanged Axehead (Bronze)
Site Name Culbin
Classification Flanged Axehead (Bronze)
Canmore ID 12910
Site Number NH56SE 23
NGR NH 567 637
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12910
- Council Highland
- Parish Kiltearn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH56SE 23 567 637.
Found after first ploughing of boggy plateau. Axe is in Dingwall Museum, on loan.
A A Woodham 1986.
External Reference (2010)
The axehead dates to 1900-1700 BC (pers. Comm. Trevor Cowie, NMS). Description on label in Dingwall Museum, written by A.A. Woodham reads: 'The axe was cast in a stone mould and exhibits 12 concentric cast ridges enclosing two zones which have been decorated by means of a metal punch. The chevron pattern is not easy to see...' The closest parallel is an axehead from Rosskeen, now in the Ashmolean Museum.
Information from the ARCH Community Timelines Project, 2010
