from Cronan, Strathmore, Perthshire
Add to albumThis bronze axehead was found at Cronan at Strathmore in Perthshire. It dates from between 950 and 750 BC.
The socketed axehead has a pronounced collar. It has been hammered on the blade and at the mouth. There are flaws below the loop. 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: 000-180-001-309-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland Part 2
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland
- Date: Between 950 and 750 BC
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- 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 72.
- Schmidt, P.K. and Burgess, C.B. The axes of Scotland and northern England (= Prähistorische Bronzefunde, IX/7). Munich, 1981, p 242, no. 1588.
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