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Lismore, Barr Mor
Findspot (Period Unassigned), Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lismore, Barr Mor
Classification Findspot (Period Unassigned), Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 23007
Site Number NM83NW 15
NGR NM 812 386
NGR Description Centred at NM 812 386
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23007
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Lismore And Appin (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM83NW 15 centred 812 386.
Area NM 812386. A Late Bronze Age socketed axe of the 'bag' type was found in 1952 at the base of 6 to 9 ins of peat, 300 to 400 yards SW of the summit of Barr Mor, Lismore, by Rev J D M Stuart, of 38 Withdean Court, Brighton, who presented it to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS DE 123).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1954; J M Coles 1962.
No further information could be found from local enquiries.
Visited by OS (R D) 28 November 1971.
(Kalemouth variant of Portree type). Single find, found in 1952 at the base of 6-9 inches of peat. Socketed axe, brittle brown-green surface, untrimmed, notched cutting edge, no haft ribs; length 80mm, mouth 33x32mm, cutting edge 55mm, weight 215 gms. NMAS DE 123.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
