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Canisbay

Spearhead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)

Site Name Canisbay

Classification Spearhead (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 9416

Site Number ND37SW 5

NGR ND 348 721

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Canisbay
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND37SW 5 348 721.

A Middle Bronze Age, looped and socketed, bronze spearhead (Class 'C') found at a depth of 2 1/2ft in a peat moss at Canisbay (ND 348 721) in or before 1933, was purchased for the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1967-8.

J G Callander 1933; J M Coles 1966; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1969.

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