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Loch Loyal
Findspot (19th Century), Chisel (Bronze)(Iron Age)
Site Name Loch Loyal
Classification Findspot (19th Century), Chisel (Bronze)(Iron Age)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Laoghal
Canmore ID 5773
Site Number NC65SW 6
NGR NC 62 50
NGR Description NC c. 62 50
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5773
- Council Highland
- Parish Tongue
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC65SW 6 c. 62 50
See also NC65SW 7.
A bronze chisel or punch was found in 1880 near the north end of Loch Laoghal (NC 62 50), about half a mile from the loch and close to NC65SW 7, and was exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1894 by Dr J H W Laing. It is 3 3/4 ins long and half an inch square in cross-section at the upper end, tapering gradually to a rather blunt chisel-point of nearly the full width of the implement. Analysis indicated the presence of zinc in the alloy which suggeted to Anderson that it was late and he suggests a possible Early Iron Age date.
J Anderson 1894; Information contained in letter from Dr J H W Laing, Dundee, to SAS, 1894.
