Dunnideer
Socketed Axehead (Bronze)
Site Name Dunnideer
Classification Socketed Axehead (Bronze)
Canmore ID 18146
Site Number NJ62NW 26
NGR NJ 61 28
NGR Description NJ c. 61 28
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18146
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Insch
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ62NW 26 c. 61 28.
There is a Late Bronze Age socketed axe from Dunnideer in Marischal College Museum, Aberdeen.
J M Coles 1962.
(Socketed axe of Dowris type). Single find. socketed axe, brown-black, untrimmed, haft ribs; length 74mm, mouth 27x30mm, cutting edge 56mm, weight 180 gms. Anthropol. Mus. Aberdeen (246).
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
The accession number of this axe in Marischal College Museum, Aberdeen is ABDUA: 19658.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS) 16 August 2000.
