Urquhart
Flat Axehead (Bronze)
Site Name Urquhart
Classification Flat Axehead (Bronze)
Alternative Name(s) Castle Hill
Canmore ID 16573
Site Number NJ26SE 56
NGR NJ 27 63
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16573
- Council Moray
- Parish Urquhart
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26SE 56 27 63
See also NH52NW 7 and NJ26SE 55.
A flat bronze axe (Coles' type Ba) from Urquhart is in Elgin Museum (1875.4). Coles gives the provenance as 'probably Urquhart Castle'; perhaps Castle Hill, on which there is an earthwork (NJ26SE 5, at NJ 273 633) is intended.
J M Coles 1971; I C Walker 1974.