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Pitkeathly
Dirk (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Pitkeathly
Classification Dirk (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Pitcaithly; Pitkeathley; Bridge Of Earn
Canmore ID 28054
Site Number NO11NW 5
NGR NO 11 16
NGR Description NO c. 11 16
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28054
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Dunbarney
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO11NW 5 c. 11 16
A well preserved Middle Bronze Age dagger of Group 1, 7 inches long, and engraved with hatched triangles (Evans 308) was found at Pitcaithly (B A V Trump 1962) or Pitkaithly (J Evans 1881) Perthshire. (Pitkeathley area NO 1115, 1116, 1117). It is in the National Museum of Antiquities, Edinburgh.
J Evans 1881; B A V Trump 1962.
(Dirk of class I with grooves, ribs and channels). Is said to have been found at 'Pitcaithly', but came to museum in a collection with a large amount of Irish material. Dirk with rounded trapezoidal butt having two rivet-holes with plug-rivets; omega hilt-mark; midrib bordered by three grooves and rib; point defined by two grooves; butt end of midrib decorated with transverse band of hatching and pendant triangles, the latter showing hatching on one side of blade; fine black and gold water patina; length 17.7cm, width 5.0cm. National Museum of Antiquities, Edinburgh, DJ 20.
C B Burgess and S Gerloff 1981.
There is no change to the existing record.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 26 November 1996.
