Axehead

This bronze axehead was found at Clunas in Moray. It dates from around 1500 to 1150 BC.

The narrow-bladed axehead has cast flanges with inturned wings. A slight step serves as a stop-ridge, designed to stop the axehead from slipping sideways in the haft. Axeheads of the form are found primarily in northeastern Scotland.

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: 000-100-104-077-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DC 143
• Date: 1500 - 1150 BC
  Between 1500 and 1150 BC
  
• Material: Bronze; with cast inturned wings and slight step as a stop ridge
  Axe, flanged
  
• Dimensions: 4.6" L x 1.9" across cutting edge x 1.4" thick across wings
  
• What: Axe, flanged
  
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• Where: Scotland, Nairn, Clunas
  
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• Description: Bronze flanged axe from Clunas, Nairn, 1500 - 1150 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. 94, 136. 
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