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