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Axehead

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from Scotlandwell, Kinross-shire

Postcard of Axehead.
000-100-104-724-C
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Axehead

This bronze axehead was found during road widening at Scotlandwell in Kinross-shire. It dates from around 1500 to 1150 BC.

The long narrow axehead has short cast flanges. It has been decorated with a cast shield pattern.

A large number of bronze axeheads dating to the Bronze Age have been found. Some were clearly everyday objects, used to chop trees and other woodwork. Other were prestige objects, and must have been symbols of power.


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Online ID: 000-100-104-724-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DC 149
Date: 1500 - 1150 BC
Between 1500 and 1150 BC
Material: Copper alloy, bronze; flanged Lisset type; decorated with cast shield pattern; cleaned? with abrasive
Dimensions: 156 mm L x 56 mm cutting edge B x 25 mm butt B
What: Axe
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Where: Scotland, Kinross-shire, Portmoak, Scotlandwell (Soil excavated during road maintenance)
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Description: Flanged axe of bronze, decorated with a cast shield pattern, middle Bronze Age, found at Scotlandwell, Kinross-shire, 1500 - 1150 BC
References:
  • Schmidt, P.K. and Burgess, C.B. The axes of Scotland and northern England (= Prähistorische Bronzefunde, IX/7). Munich, 1981. 
  • Schmidt, P.K. and Burgess, C.B., 1981 
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