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Lynegar
Sword (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Site Name Lynegar
Classification Sword (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 296103
Site Number ND25NW 60
NGR ND 23 57
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/296103
- Council Highland
- Parish Watten
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
Artefact Recovery (2007)
ND 23 57 In the course of a visit to the exhibition at Dunbeath Heritage Centre in 2006, Mr N MacDonald reported that he had found a bronze sword some years earlier; through the good offices of Nan Bethune and Meg Sinclair the artefact was then reported to the NMS in early 2007. It transpired that the bronze sword had been a chance discovery in 1990 in the course of carrying out groundworks in the garden of a house. This is a
fine example of a Late Bronze Age leaf-shaped sword of Ewart Park type, datable to c1000–800 BC. The hilt shows evidence of having been repaired in antiquity.
T Cowie 2007
