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Watten
Flanged Axehead (Bronze)
Site Name Watten
Classification Flanged Axehead (Bronze)
Canmore ID 8790
Site Number ND25SW 20
NGR ND 24 54
NGR Description ND c. 24 54
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Watten
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND25SW 20 c. 24 54.
A Middle Bronze Age bronze flanged axe (Class III), found during peat-digging in a moss in the parish of Watten, was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by Capt Alexander Gunn, Braehour in 1871 (Accession no: DC 31).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1873; 1885; J M Coles 1966.
(Flanged axe of Kirkless type). Single find. Flanged axe, smooth, cleaned, slightly pitted, hammered-up stop, cutting edge hammered; length 129mm, butt 21mm, stop-height 4mm, cutting edge 55mm, weight 370 gms. NMAS DC 31.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
