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Axehead

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probably from the Raemoir Estate, Kincardineshire

Postcard of Axehead.
000-100-104-702-C
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Axehead

This bronze axehead was probably found on the Raemoir Estate in Kincardineshire. It dates from between 950 and 750 BC.

The socketed axehead has a flat moulding around the mouth below which run three parallel ribs. The squarish mouth is still rough and not finished off. A wooden handle would have fitted into the axehead's socket. A thong could also have attached the axehead to the socket through the loop.

Socketed axeheads appear to have been invented on the Continent. They are part of a range of socketed tools and swords made by smiths requiring more complex casting techniques.


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Online ID: 000-100-104-702-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DE 85
Date: 950 - 750 BC
Between 950 and 750 BC
Material: Bronze; flat moulding round mouth from which three longitudinal ribs depend; arris on either edge not dressed off
Dimensions: 3.88" L x 2.81"
What: Axe, socketed
Subject:
Who: Erskine Beveridge Collection (Collector)
Where: Scotland, Kincardineshire, Raemoir Estate
Event:
Description: Bronze socketed axe with a squarish socket with flat moulding round the mouth from which three longitudinal ribs depend, probably from Raemoir Estate, Kincardineshire, 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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