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Goatcraig

Flat Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)

Site Name Goatcraig

Classification Flat Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Goat's Craig

Canmore ID 16041

Site Number NJ14NW 1

NGR NJ 141 496

NGR Description NJ c. 141 496

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Moray
  • Parish Dallas
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Moray
  • Former County Morayshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ14NW 1 c. 141 496

In Elgin Museum is a Bronze Age flat axe found in 1865 at Goat's Craig (NJ 14 49).

Visited by OS (A A) 17 May 1971.

Early Bronze Age flat axe. Type Ba (Accession no 1865.1)

J M Coles 1971.

(Migdale type). Single find - Flat axe, green, butt and cutting edge corroded; length 129mm, butt 35mm, cutting edge 65mm, weight 330gms. Elgin Mus. (1865.1).

P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981

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