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Bailielands
Sword (Bronze)
Site Name Bailielands
Classification Sword (Bronze)
Canmore ID 25956
Site Number NN91NE 10
NGR NN 96 15
NGR Description NN c. 96 15
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/25956
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Auchterarder
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN91NE 10 c. 96 15
An Late Bronze Age bronze sword of native British (Ewart Park) type (Coles 1962) was found in Feb. 1898 on the farm of Bailielands, Auchterarder, about 200 yards from where a cist was discovered c.1890. (See NN91NE 7) (Reid 1898).
It is in the National Museum of Antiquities, (Accession no. DL 23).
A G Reid 1898; J M Coles 1962.
No further information.
Visited by OS (R D) 3 August 1967.
(Ewart Park type - Northern step 3). Single find. Complete sword. Length 60cm, terminal width 3.55cm, shoulder width 4.85cm, maximum blade width 4.1cm; poor casting with air bubbles evident on blade where corrosion has taken away the surface. Slight light khaki patina at point of blade. Modern filing on blade; rivets 2:2, one in situ. NMAS DL 23.
C B Burgess and I Colquhoun 1988.
