Following the launch of trove.scot in February 2025 we are now planning the retiral of some of our webservices. Canmore will be switched off on 24th June 2025. Information about the closure can be found on the HES website: Retiral of HES web services | Historic Environment Scotland
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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9416
- Council Highland
- Parish Canisbay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
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.
