Knife blade and gouge (back)

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This bronze knife blade and gouge were found in 1990 in a hoard of late Bronze Age material at St Andrews in Fife. The hoard contained over 200 tools, weapons and ornaments as well as seven amber beads and three cannel coal bangles. It was buried between 950 and 750 BC.

The knife has a flat blade and socket. Its tip is broken off and it has been broken in two. The socketed gouge is also broken across the middle.

When it was found, the gouge was broken in two pieces which had become corroded together. Although the broken edges seem relatively fresh, this damage could not have occurred at the time of the discovery. It now seems very likely that part of the hoard was disturbed, but remained undiscovered, when the house was built earlier this century.

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• Online ID: 000-180-000-823-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  
• Date: Between 950 and 750 BC
  
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  • Cowie, Trevor, O'Connor, Brendan and Proudfoot, Edwina. A Late Bronze Age hoard from St Andrews, Fife, Scotland: a preliminary report. In: Chevillot, C. and Coffin, A (eds). Le Bronze Atlantique, Actes du premier colloque, Beynac 1990, Beynac, 1991, pp 49 
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