Bronze items from a hoard
Found at Dalduff, Kilkerran, Ayrshire
Add to albumThese four bronze axeheads, two pieces of a sword, and two staples and rings from a cauldron are part of a hoard found at Dalduff at Kilkerran in Ayrshire. The objects were probably buried as gifts to the gods sometime between 950 and 750 BC. The sword is a Scandinavian type and was probably old when it was buried.
Valuable and prestigious objects were often buried as gifts to the gods in the Late Bronze Age.
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- Online ID: 000-100-034-527-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland X.DQ 98 A
- Date: Between 950 and 750 BC
- Material: Bronze
Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze; large; attached to staple Bronze; large; attached to staple Bronze; riveted together Bronze; riveted together Axe, socketed Axe, socketed Axe, socketed Axe, socketed Ring Ring Sword / fragment Sword / fragment
- Dimensions: 2.75" x 2.13"
3.25" x 2.25" 3.25" x 2.25"
- What: Axe, socketed
Axe, socketed Axe, socketed Axe, socketed Ring Ring Sword / fragment Sword / fragment
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- Where: Scotland, Ayrshire, Kilkerran
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- Description: Bronze socketed axe from Kilkerran, Ayrshire
Bronze socketed axe from Kilkerran, Ayrshire Bronze socketed axe from Kilkerran, Ayrshire One of two fragments of bronze sword riveted together, from Kilkerran, Ayrshire One of two fragments of bronze sword riveted together, from Kilkerran, Ayrshire One of two large bronze rings attached to staples, from Kilkerran, Ayrshire One of two large bronze rings attached to staples, from Kilkerran, Ayrshire Bronze socketed axe from Kilkerran, Ayrshire
- References:
- Coles, John M. Scottish late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 93 (1959-1960), 16-134, esp. pp 67, 83, 88, 105-6.
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