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Skye, Achnahannait

Gouge (Bronze), Hoard (Possible), Socketed Axehead (Bronze)

Site Name Skye, Achnahannait

Classification Gouge (Bronze), Hoard (Possible), Socketed Axehead (Bronze)

Alternative Name(s) Achnahanaid Braes; Portree

Canmore ID 84533

Site Number NG53NW 17

NGR NG 50 37

NGR Description NG c. 50 37

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Portree
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Skye And Lochalsh
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NG53NW 17 c. 50 37

(Socketed axe of Portree type). Hoard, found in a peat bog in a layer of clay under 4-5 feet of peat. The bog had formerly been of greater depth. The find was made in 1946.

Socketed axe, brown, cleaned (?), rough metal and slightly corroded surface, haft ribs; length 99mm, mouth 33x37mm, cutting edge 60mm. Arch. and Ethnol. Mus. Cambridge (48.1861A). Associated find: a socketed gouge with multiple mouth moulding.

P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.

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