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Tynehead
Gouge (Bronze)(Period Unassigned), Hoard (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tynehead
Classification Gouge (Bronze)(Period Unassigned), Hoard (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 53260
Site Number NT35NE 9
NGR NT 39 59
NGR Description NT c. 39 59
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53260
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Crichton
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
(Socketed axe: Newton variant of Dowris type). Hoard, purchased for the National Museum in 1909, but nothing is known about the site and circumstances of discovery. Socketed axe, cleaned, slightly corroded, flaw below loop, trimmed, scratchmarks on blade, high haft ribs. Length 79mm, mouth 29 x 35mm, cutting edge 62mm, weight 225 gms. National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] DE 68.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
Note (1988)
Tynehead, Socketed Axe and Gouge NT 39 59 NT35NE 9
A 'Dowris type' socketed axe and a socketed gouge (RMS, DE 68 and DO 36) were found together at Tynehead.
RCAHMS 1988
(PSAS, xliii,1908-9, 294; Burley 1956, 148; Coles 1960, 70, 87, 120; Schmidt and Burgess 1981, 199, no. 1177)
