Culloden
Sword (Bronze)
Site Name Culloden
Classification Sword (Bronze)
Alternative Name(s) Culloden Moor
Canmore ID 14256
Site Number NH74NW 9
NGR NH 73 45
NGR Description NH c. 73 45
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14256
- Council Highland
- Parish Inverness And Bona
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH74NW 9 c. 73 45.
A leaf-shaped sword of the late Bronze Age was found at Culloden and is now preserved in Berlin Museum.
W Henderson 1938.
(Gundlingen type - unclassified). Near Culloden Moor, Inverness. Single find, found two and a half miles from Culloden Moor. Sword, missing top of hilt. Length 65.3cm, shoulder width 5.9cm, maximum blade width 3cm. Dark brown patina, gold where rubbed, rivets ?:4, five in situ. Berlin, Mus. fur Vor- und Fruhgeschichte (V.d 1).
C B Burgess and I Colquhoun 1988.
