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Muck, Carn Dearg

Sword (Bronze)

Site Name Muck, Carn Dearg

Classification Sword (Bronze)

Canmore ID 22196

Site Number NM48SW 3

NGR NM 4200 8001

NGR Description NM c. 4200 8001

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Small Isles
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Lochaber
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NM48SW 3 c. 4200 8001

Possibly on map sheet NM47NW.

(Area NM 422 795) A Late Bronze Age sword (native British) from Carn Dearg, Muck, is in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS Accession no DL 61).

J M Coles 1962

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Field Visit (12 May 1972)

The find spot of this sword was pointed out by Mr MacDonald, of Carn Dearg, Muck, in the area centred NM 4200 8001, a boggy hollow about 130 metres long in a cultivated field. It was found by men draining the field about the year 1920.

Visited by OS (AA) 12 May 1972

Publication Account (1988)

(Ewart Park type - Northern step 2). Single find. Sword hilt and upper blade: length 21.5cm, terminal width 3.68cm, shoulder width 4.86cm: dark brown patina: rivets 2 (+1 blind): 4, one in situ. NMA (DL 61).

C B Burgess and I Colquhoun 1988.

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