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South Ythsie
Pin(S) (Bronze)(Period Unassigned), Scabbard (Bronze)(Period Unassigned), Sword(S) (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name South Ythsie
Classification Pin(S) (Bronze)(Period Unassigned), Scabbard (Bronze)(Period Unassigned), Sword(S) (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Ythsie
Canmore ID 19812
Site Number NJ83SE 15
NGR NJ 8929 3062
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19812
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Tarves
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ83SE 15 8929 3062.
(NJ 8929 3062) Bronze Swords found. (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1959)
Four double edged bronze swords were found about 12 years ago (c.1856) during the cultivation of a marshy piece of ground. They were about 2ft in length and were found at a depth of about 2ft. They were presented by the Earl of Aberdeen to the Edinburgh Museum.
Name Book 1868.
A Late Bronze Age hoard consisting of two leaf-shaped swords (25" and 23" long), a perforated chape 5 3/8ins long, a swan-neck pin of 8 7/8ins - said to have been found with a third bronze sword and another pin, on the farm of Ythsie, Tarves. Part of this hoard was presented to the British Museum by the Earl of Aberdeen. (BM58, 11-15, 1, 2 and 5)
G Black 1893; J M Coles 1962.
No further information.
Visited by OS (RL) 6 April 1972.
(490. Ewart Park type - Northern step 2). Sword. L. 58.50cm, Term.w. 3.20cm, Sh.w. 5.15cm, M.b.w. 4.20cm; repaired, messy and blotchy black patina; rivets 1:3, three in situ. Brit. Mus. (58, 11-15, 2).
(575. Ewart Park type - Caledonian unclassified). Sword. L. 63.70cm, Term. w. 3.65cm, Sh.w. 5.00cm, M.b.w. 4.50cm; messy and patchy black patina; rivets, Sl:2, none in situ. Brit. Mus. (58, 11-15, 1).
CB Burgess and I Colquhoun 1988.
