Dunblane
Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dunblane
Classification Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 24683
Site Number NN70SE 24
NGR NN 78 01
NGR Description NN c, 78 01
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Stirling
- Parish Dunblane And Lecropt
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN70SE 24 c. 78 01.
A late Bronze Age socketed axe, related to rectangular type, from Dunblane is now in Marieschal College Museum Aberdeen (NO247.4)
W Henderson 1938; J M Coles 1962.
(Unclassified socketed axe). Single find. Socketed axe, rough sandy surface, black, casting flaw underneath loop, untrimmed; length 74mm, mouth 28 x 30mm, cutting edge 50mm, weight 160 gms. Anthropological Museum, Aberdeen (247.4 or 247).
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.