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New Pitsligo
Spearhead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name New Pitsligo
Classification Spearhead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 19917
Site Number NJ85NE 2
NGR NJ 88 55
NGR Description NJ c. 88 55
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19917
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Tyrie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ85NE 2 c. 88 55.
A bronze leaf-shaped and looped spearhead (Coles' Class D) 'found in a moss, New Pitsligo' in 1885, formerly in the collection of John Rae and W Moir Bryce is now in the Anthropological Museum, Marischal College, University of Aberdeen (Accession No: C 24).
J Rae 1892; Palace of History 1911; J M Coles 1962; 1966.
Still in the Marischal College Museum. No further information.
Visited by OS, 15 March 1967
