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Culloden

Sword (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)

Site Name Culloden

Classification Sword (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)

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

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Inverness And Bona
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Inverness
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

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.

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