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Axehead

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from Goudierannet, Kinross

Postcard of Axehead.
000-100-104-074-C
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Axehead

This bronze axehead was found at Goudierannet in Kinross. In dates from around 1500 to 1150 BC.

The long, narrow axehead has cast flanges, a wide, splayed blade and a stop-ridge. The flanges helped stop the axehead from slipping sideways in the haft while the stop-ridge prevented the haft from slipping down the tool.

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.


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Online ID: 000-100-104-074-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DC 116
Date: 1500 - 1150 BC
Between 1500 and 1150 BC
Material: Bronze
Dimensions: 6.13" L
What: Axe, flanged
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Where: Scotland, Kinross-shire, Kinross, Goudierannet
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Description: Bronze flanged axe from Goudierannet, Kinross, 1500 - 1150 BC
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, 135. 
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