Broubster
Flat Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Site Name Broubster
Classification Flat Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Brubster
Canmore ID 7953
Site Number ND06SW 26
NGR ND 028 612
NGR Description ND c. 028 612
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND06SW 26 c. 028 612.
An Early Bronze Age flat axe (Coles' type Ba), 4.4ins long, showing incipient flanges, found while cutting a drain at Brubster (Broubster: name ND 028 612) was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1914 by Neil Robertson, Brubster (Accession no: DA 78).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1915; J M Coles 1971.
(Biggar variant of Migdale type). Single find. Flat axe, porous surface, black, sides hammmered and faceted; length 133mm, butt 25mm, cutting edge 55mm, weight 160 gms. NMAS DA 78.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
