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Stobcross
Barrow (Prehistoric), Spearhead (Bronze)(Bronze Age), Sword (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Site Name Stobcross
Classification Barrow (Prehistoric), Spearhead (Bronze)(Bronze Age), Sword (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 30920
Site Number NO24SW 10
NGR NO 2457 4199
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/30920
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Coupar Angus
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO24SW 10 c. 245 419
Name: (NO 2455 4203) Stobcross (Sword & Spearhead found) (NAT)
OS 6" map, Perthshire, 2nd ed. (1901)
A bronze hoard dating from c.700 BC and comprising a sword and spearhead was discovered in 1818 when levelling an artificial mound of earth standing on a small eminence called Stobcross, in the lands of Denhead. The spearhead, 19" long, has a leaf-shaped blade with lunate openings and perforations. It was presented to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] in 1832 (Accession no. DG 1) by George Kinloch of Kinloch.
The sword is described as 'short' with leaf-shaped blade; its whereabouts are uncertain. The original description of the find states that the discovery was made by several boys who broke (and lost) the sword, but the Ordnance Survey Name Book [ONB] says that it was made by a Mr Duncan who handed both weapons over to George Kinloch of Kinloch "where they may yet still be seen" (i.e. in 1864).
Name Book 1864; Archaeol Scot 1890; J Anderson 1886; J M Coles 1962
Field Visit (10 February 1969)
The only local knowledge of 'Stobcross' is that it applies to the cross roads at NO 2454 4193. Nothing of interest was seen in this area and no further information was obtained regarding this bronze hoard or where it was found.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 10 February 1969.
Field Visit (4 April 1989)
This probable barrow was levelled in 1818 and nothing is now visible at its site. A socketed bronze spearhead (NMS DG 1) and a sword (now lost) were found at the time.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 4 April 1989.
Desk Based Assessment (22 April 2020)
The NGR for this site has been changed from NO 245 419 to NO 2457 4199 because the location of the probable cairn is depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 25-inch map (Forfarshire 1893, Sheet LXII.II), surveyed 1863-5.
Information from HES (JRS) 22 April 2020.
