Perth (Near)
Palstave (Bronze)
Site Name Perth (Near)
Classification Palstave (Bronze)
Canmore ID 28429
Site Number NO12SW 60
NGR NO 11 23
NGR Description NO c. 11 23
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Perth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO12SW 60 c. 11 23.
The Rev. James Beck...exhibited a Bronze Palstave ploughed up on a farm near Perth, in the autumn of 1877. On each face are punched or engraved ornaments composed of triangles in three rows; the edges are ornamented with diagonal grooves.
Proc Soc Antiq Lond 1881.
The present whereabouts of this palstave are unknown.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 3 March 1997.
(Formerly recorded as NMRS NO12SW 158). A decorated Class I bronze flanged axe, found near Perth, is in the British Museum (WG.1815).
J Evans 1881; J M Coles 1971.
(Long-flanged axe of Balbirnie type). Single find, from the neighbourhood of Perth. Flanged axe, smooth, brown patina, one flange hammered down so as to obtain equal height for all, blade notched; length 103mm, butt 20mm, cutting edge 58mm, weight 184gms.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
The axe formerly recorded as NO12SW 158 and held in the British Museum under accession number WG 1815 is to be identified with that discovered by Beck in 1877.
Information from Mr T Cowie (RMS), 8 January 2001.
