Elgin
Socketed Axehead (Bronze)
Site Name Elgin
Classification Socketed Axehead (Bronze)
Canmore ID 16628
Site Number NJ26SW 20
NGR NJ 21 62
NGR Description NJ c. 21 62
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16628
- Council Moray
- Parish Elgin
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26SW 20 c. 21 62
A socketed bronze axe from Elgin (city centred NJ 21 62) is in the British Museum (WG 1982). It was formerly in the collection of Canon Greenwell.
W Henderson 1938, 165; J M Coles 1962; I C Walker 1967; 1974.
(Socketed axe: Newton variant of Dowris type). Single find. Socketed axe, cleaned, porous, notches at cutting edge and mouth, incompletely trimmed, haft ribs; length 79mm, mouth 28 x 32mm, cutting edge 56mm, weight 240 gms.
PK Schmidt and CB Burgess 1981.
