Eigg
Socketed Axehead (Bronze)
Site Name Eigg
Classification Socketed Axehead (Bronze)
Canmore ID 22149
Site Number NM48NE 16
NGR NM 4 8
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NM48NE 16 unlocated.
A Late Bronze Age socketed axe of 'rib' type, measuring 2 3/4 by 1 5/8 ins, from Eigg, (centred NM 47 86) was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1882 by Prof N MacPherson (Accession no: BN 50).
Information from OS (IF) 1 December 1982
NMAS Catalogue 1892; J M Coles 1962.
Reference (1981)
(Socketed axe of Yorkshire type). Single find. Socketed axe, smooth, cast, but brittle now, green, untrimmed, haft ribs: length 68mm, mouth 27 x 27mm, cutting edge 40mm, weight 155 gms. NMAS BN 50.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
