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from Lhanbryde, Moray

Postcard of Axehead.
000-100-034-271-C
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Axehead

This copper axehead was found four feet below the roadway at Lhanbryde in Moray. It is an early example of a metal axehead, made sometime between between 2500 and 2100 BC.

The axehead has a wide butt. Axes of this shape are not common in Scotland. They were made primarily in Ireland and the Continent, but probably also in Scotland.

The first axeheads in Scotland were of copper. Later axes were made with of bronze - an alloy of around 90% copper and 10% tin.


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Online ID: 000-100-034-271-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DA 84
Date: Between 2500 and 2100 BC
Early Bronze Age
Material: Copper
Dimensions: 6.06" x 3.19" W at cutting edge; 2.06" at butt; 0.22" max thick
What: Axe, flat
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Where: Scotland, Moray, St Andrews-Lhanbryde
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Description: Early Bronze Age copper flat axe, from Llanbryde, Moray
References:
  • Coles, John M. Scottish Early Bronze Age metalwork. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 101 (1968-9), 1-110, esp. pp 2, 81. 
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