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Craigieford
Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Craigieford
Classification Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Keithfield
Canmore ID 20338
Site Number NJ92NE 10
NGR NJ 97 28
NGR Description NJ c. 97 28
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20338
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Logie Buchan
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ92NE 10 c. 97 28.
An Late Bronze Age socketed axe found at Craigieford (NJ 97 28) is in the Aberdeen Regional Museum (Accession no. 52.10.3).
J M Coles 1962.
No further information.
Visited by OS (RL) 25 August 1970.
(Socketed axe: Keithfield variant of Dowris type). Single find. Socketed axe, smooth but slightly porous, brown-green, untrimmed, hammered blade; length 77mm, mouth 25x28mm, cutting edge 55mm, weight 160 gms.
PK Schmidt and CB Burgess 1981.
There is no change to the existing record.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 8 June 1998.
