Pricing Change
New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered.
Ballinbreich
Battleaxe (Stone)
Site Name Ballinbreich
Classification Battleaxe (Stone)
Alternative Name(s) River Tay; Newburgh
Canmore ID 30484
Site Number NO22SE 9
NGR NO 27 20
NGR Description NO c. 27 20.
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/30484
- Council Fife
- Parish Flisk
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO22SE 9 c. 27 20
A Class IVA battle axe (F E S Roe 1066), dredged from the River Tay near Ballinbreich (NO 27 20), was given to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1883 by A Laing (Accession no AH 57). It is of granite, and is 5 1/2" long by 2" maximum breadth with a 1" diameter perforation.
J Anderson 1886; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1884
NMS AH 57. This battle-axe is of Intermediate-Developed form and has been petrologically attributed to group XII (picrite from near Hyssington in the Welsh Marches).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
