Forres
Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Site Name Forres
Classification Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 15802
Site Number NJ05NW 25
NGR NJ 03 58
NGR Description NJ c. 03 58
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Moray
- Parish Forres
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ05NW 25 c. 03 58.
A late Bronze Age socketed axe, of bag type with loop from near Forres was purchased for the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS, Accession no. NMA DE 117).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1949; 1962
(Socketed axe of Dowris type). Single find. Socketed axe, rough cast, porous, green, partly trimmed, cutting edge notched, signs of sharpening on blade; length 75mm, mouth 28 x 32mm, cutting edge 56mm, weight 258 gms.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
