Mill Of Laithers
Grave (Period Unassigned), Armlet (Bronze), Flat Axehead (Bronze)
Site Name Mill Of Laithers
Classification Grave (Period Unassigned), Armlet (Bronze), Flat Axehead (Bronze)
Canmore ID 18308
Site Number NJ64NE 13
NGR NJ 69 49
NGR Description NJ c. 69 49
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18308
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Turriff
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ64NE 13 c. 69 49.
See also NJ64NE 29.
An Early Bronze Age armlet is said to have been found in association with the butt and blade portions of a flat axe (or axes) 'in a grave on the farm of Mill of Laithers'. All the articles were formerly in Banff Museum, but only the armlet can now be located there. (cf NJ64NE 14.)
A S Henshall 1964; J M Coles 1971.
(Unclassified flat axe). Grave group (?). Flat axe fragment; length 41mm. Banff Mus. (lost). Ass. find: one penannular armlet of a strip of metal 1mm thick, diameter 55mm; decorated with traced lines in a criss-cross pattern and a bordering line.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981
