Eildon Hill North
Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Findspot, Spearhead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Site Name Eildon Hill North
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Findspot, Spearhead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 55634
Site Number NT53SE 26
NGR NT 55 32
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/55634
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Melrose
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT53SE 26 55 32.
A Middle Bronze Age looped and socketed bronze spearhead (Coles' Class E) "dug out from an encampment near the Eildon Hills", which was in the possession of Sir Walter Scott in 1863, was purchased for the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1935 (Accession no: DG 95). (The Eildon Hills fall on kms: NT 5431, 5432, 5531, 5532, 5533.)
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1935; D Wilson 1863; J M Coles 1966
Sbc Note
Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.
Information from Scottish Borders Council