probably from the Raemoir Estate, Kincardineshire
Add to albumThis bronze axehead was probably found on the Raemoir Estate in Kincardineshire. It dates from between 950 and 750 BC.
The socketed axehead has a flat moulding around the mouth below which run three parallel ribs. The squarish mouth is still rough and not finished off. A wooden handle would have fitted into the axehead's socket. A thong could also have attached the axehead to the socket through the loop.
Socketed axeheads appear to have been invented on the Continent. They are part of a range of socketed tools and swords made by smiths requiring more complex casting techniques.
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- Online ID: 000-100-104-702-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland X.DE 85
- Date: 950 - 750 BC
Between 950 and 750 BC
- Material: Bronze; flat moulding round mouth from which three longitudinal ribs depend; arris on either edge not dressed off
Axe, socketed
- Dimensions: 3.88" L x 2.81"
- What: Axe, socketed
- Subject:
- Who: Erskine Beveridge Collection (Collector)
- Where: Scotland, Kincardineshire, Raemoir Estate
- Event:
- Description: Bronze socketed axe with a squarish socket with flat moulding round the mouth from which three longitudinal ribs depend, probably from Raemoir Estate, Kincardineshire, 950 - 750 BC
- References:
- Coles, John M. Scottish late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 93 (1959-1960), pp 16-134, esp. p 69.
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