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From Inchtuthil, Perthshire

Axehead
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This bronze axehead was found in the ploughsoil at Inchtuthil in Perthshire. Although from the site of a Roman fort, the axehead dates much earlier, from between 2250 and 1900 BC.

The flat axehead has a narrow rounded butt, hammered sides and a sharpened cutting edge.

A large number of bronze axeheads dating to the Early 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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