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Duffus
Flat Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Duffus
Classification Flat Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 16139
Site Number NJ16NE 34
NGR NJ 1 6
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16139
- Council Moray
- Parish Duffus
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ16NE 34 unlocated
A flat bronze axe (Coles' type A or B), probably from Duffus (parish centred NJ 1567) is in Elgin Museum (1874.9).
J M Coles 1971; I C Walker 1974.
(Flat axe of Migdale type). Duffus, Morayshire (?). single find - Flat axe, originally rough cast, polished, black-brown, modern drilling hole near butt end; length 154mm, butt 41mm, cutting edge 74mm, weight 300 gms. Elgin Mus. (1874.9).
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
