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Axehead

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from Bonar Bridge, Sutherland

Postcard of Axehead.
000-100-104-701-C
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Axehead

This bronze axehead was found on the golf links at Bonar Bridge in Sutherland. It dates from between 950 and 750 BC.

The small socketed axehead is a type sometimes known as a bag-shaped axe. It has two mouldings around the mouth of the socket and a broken loop on one side. It is in poor condition.

Socketed axeheads appear to have been invented on the Continent, and squat axes were common in Ireland. A curved wooden handle would have fitted into the axehead's socket. A thong could also have attached the axehead to the socket through the loop.


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Online ID: 000-100-104-701-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DE 84
Date: 950 - 750 BC
Between 950 and 750 BC
Material: Bronze; broken loop on one side; two mouldings round socket mouth; brownish green patina
Dimensions: 2.13" L x 1.50"
What: Axe, socketed
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Where: Scotland, Sutherland, Bonar Bridge (On golf links)
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Description: Bronze socketed axe with a broken loop on one side, two mouldings round the mouth of the socket, and brownish green patina, from Bonar Bridge, Sutherland, 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 74. 
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