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Dufftown
Flanged Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Site Name Dufftown
Classification Flanged Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 16868
Site Number NJ34SW 6
NGR NJ 32 40
NGR Description NJ c. 32 40
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16868
- Council Moray
- Parish Mortlach
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
NJ34SW 6 c. 32 40.
A MBA Class III flanged axe from Dufftown (NJ 32 40) was purchased for National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] in 1886. (DC 56)
J M Coles 1966; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1887.
(Flanged axe of Lissett type). Single find. Flanged axe, rough, black and green, butt incomplete, flanges hammered where joining blade, blade cracked, signs of filing in flanges (?). hammered cutting edge, slope stop; length 115mm, butt 28mm, cutting edge 45mm, weight 270 gms. NMAS (DC 56).
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
