Gullane
Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Site Name Gullane
Classification Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Muirfield
Canmore ID 55084
Site Number NT48SE 9
NGR NT 48 82
NGR Description NT c. 48 82
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council East Lothian
- Parish Dirleton
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT48SE 9 c. 48 82.
A late Bronze Age socketed and looped axe, almost 2 1/2" long, and covered with a fine green patina was found in 1923, about 15' N of a probable Bronze Age burial in one of the sandy ravines E of Gullane (NT 48 82). It is now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] (Accession no: DE 126).
J A Cree 1928; J M Coles 1962.
(Miniature socketed axe, possibly linked to Sompting type). Single find. Miniature socketed axe, smooth, brown; socket present but not deep; length 62mm, cutting edge 39mm. NMAS DE 126.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
