Nairn
Flat Axehead (Bronze)
Site Name Nairn
Classification Flat Axehead (Bronze)
Canmore ID 15109
Site Number NH85NE 23
NGR NH 88 56
NGR Description NH c. 88 56
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15109
- Council Highland
- Parish Nairn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH85NE 23 c. 88 56.
An Early Bronze Age flat axe (Coles' type Ba) from near Nairn (NH 8856) is in the British Museum (ex Greenwell Collection - Accession no: WG 1796). The butt is very slightly damaged. It measures 5ins long, 3.05ins across the blade and 1.4ins across the butt.
I C Walker 1967; J M Coles 1971.
No further information obtained.
Visited by OS (E G C) 29 November 1961.
(Migdale type). Nairn, Nairnshire. From the neighbourhood of Nairn. Single find. Flat axe, green, half broken in the middle, scratchmarks parallel to cutting edge, cutting edge worked (modern). Length 128mm, butt 36mm, cutting edge 78mm, weight 188 gms. BM WG 1796.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
