Axehead

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This bronze axehead was found near Peebles in Peeblesshire. It dates from around 1500 to 1150 BC.

The long, flanged axehead is in good condition. Axeheads of this type are found mainly over eastern and southern Scotland, particularly in Fife, Angus and Perth. They were probably made over a long period of time.

Middle Bronze Age axeheads are technologically more sophisticated than the flat axeheads of the Early Bronze Age. This was because they were made with closed moulds rather than the open moulds used for the earlier axeheads.

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• Online ID: 000-100-034-284-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DC 20
• Date: Between 1500 and 1150 BC
  Bronze Age
  
• Material: Bronze
  Axe, flanged
  
• Dimensions: 6.25" x 2.63"
  
• What: Axe, flanged
  
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• Where: Scotland, Peeblesshire, Peebles
  
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• Description: Bronze Age flanged axe found near Peebles
  
• References:
  • Coles, J.M. Scottish Middle Bronze Age Metalwork. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquities of Scotland, 97 (1963-64), pp 82-156, esp. 96-7, 137. 
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