Muirtack
Flat Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Muirtack
Classification Flat Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 20429
Site Number NJ93NE 24
NGR NJ 99 37
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20429
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Cruden
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ93NE 24 99 37
A flat bronze axe was found embedded 1ft below the soil when digging after 3 to 4ft of peat had been removed at Muirtack (Moss of Muirtack: name NJ 998 376). It was in the possession of a Mr Yeats, Auquharney in 1876; now lost.
J Peter 1876; J M Coles 1971.
