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Birkeyden
Findspot (Period Unassigned), Spearhead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Birkeyden
Classification Findspot (Period Unassigned), Spearhead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Harfaulds
Canmore ID 55797
Site Number NT54NE 16
NGR NT 573 497
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/55797
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Lauder
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Berwickshire
NT54NE 16 573 497.
An Early Bronze Age spearhead (Coles' Class B), 6ins long, found in 1870 in the Birkeyden, opposite the Haerfaulds (NT55SE 14), was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1920, from the Lady John Scott collection (Accession no: DG 84).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1921; J M Coles 1971
Birkeyden (centred NT 5737 4975) was pointed out by Mr A R McDougal of Blythe. No further information regarding the spearhead was obtained.
Visited by OS (JD) 30 April 1955.
Socketed spearhead of Gerloff's class II - Arreton type.
S Gerloff 1975.
Sbc Note
Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
