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Axehead

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from Kilmuir, Skye

Postcard of Axehead.
000-100-104-690-C
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Axehead

This bronze axehead was found at Kilmuir on the island of Skye. It dates from between 950 and 750 BC.

The socketed axehead is plain and somewhat corroded. A wooden handle would have fitted into the axehead's socket. A thong through the loop could also have attached the axehead to the handle.

The range of metal objects expanded during the 2nd millennium BC. A development in the form of axeheads from flat axeheads to ones with flanges, can be seen. In the 1st millennium BC, socketed axeheads are the most common form.


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Online ID: 000-100-104-690-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DE 41
Date: 950 - 750 BC
Between 950 and 750 BC
Material: Bronze
Dimensions: 3.25" x 2.00"
What: Axe, socketed
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Where: Scotland, Inverness-shire, Skye, Kilmuir
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Description: Bronze socketed axe from Kilmuir, Skye, 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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