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This bronze axehead was found at Home Farm at Keith Hall in Aberdeenshire. It dates from around 1600 to 1400 BC.

The long, narrow axehead has deep, cast flanges and a wide, splayed blade. Axes of this type are found mainly over eastern and southern Scotland, particularly in Fife, Angus and Perth. They were probably made over a long period of time.

Scottish axeheads with cast flanges vary greatly in their form, size and decoration. Regional styles can be identified, suggesting that axeheads were were probably made in a number of places.

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• Online ID: 000-190-002-276-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DC 75
• Date: 1600 - 1400 BC
  Between 1600 and 1400 BC
  
• Material: Bronze; with herring bone pattern on the side
  Axe, flanged
  
• Dimensions: 5.75 x 2.63"
  
• What: Axe, flanged
  
• Subject:
• Who: Rae Collection
  
• Where: Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Keith Hall, Home Farm
  
• Event:
• Description: Bronze flanged axe from Home Farm, Keith Hall, Aberdeenshire, 1600 - 1400 BC
  
• References:
  • Coles, J.M. Scottish Middle Bronze Age Metalwork. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquities of Scotland, 97 (1963-64), pp 82-156, esp. 96-7, 132. 
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