Auldearn
Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Site Name Auldearn
Classification Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 15544
Site Number NH95NW 17
NGR NH 919 554
NGR Description NH c. 919 554
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15544
- Council Highland
- Parish Auldearn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH95NW 17 c. 919 554
An LBA bag-type socketed bronze axe from Auldearn is in the British Museum (Greenwell Collection: WG 1979). It is 3 1/10" long by 2 1/2" across the blade and was presented to Canon Greenwell by J P Morgan in 1909.
J M Coles 1962; I C Walker 1967.
(Alford variant of Portree type). Auldearn, Nairnshire. Single find. Socketed axe, green and black, porous surface, hammered cutting edge, double haft ribs. Length 80mm, mouth 27x31mm, cutting edge 60mm, weight 302 gms. BM WG 1979.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
