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Brachla
Spearhead (Bronze)
Site Name Brachla
Classification Spearhead (Bronze)
Canmore ID 12620
Site Number NH53SE 5
NGR NH 561 329
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12620
- Council Highland
- Parish Inverness And Bona
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH53SE 5 561 329.
A Late Bronze Age spearhead from Brackla Farm, Inverness, is in the British Museum (Accession no: WG 2042). It is of Greenwell and Brewis's Class IV, ie, leaf-shaped blade and looped.
('Brachla' is at NH 561 329 on OS 6", Coles' distribution map shows approximate siting to it).
J M Coles 1962
Re-classified under Scottish Middle Bronze Age, Class D type, this spearhead from Brackla Farm had provision for rivets to hold the spearshaft, possibly another indication of the Late Bronze Age.
J M Coles 1966
No further information.
Visited by OS (N K B) 28 April 1970
