From the Forest of Birse, Aberdeenshire
Add to albumThis bronze axehead was found at Forest of Birse in Aberdeenshire. It is of a type made in Sweden, and was either imported to Scotland from there or copied from a Scandinavian example early between 950 and 750 BC.
Bronze socketed axe with three raised bands passing through the loop, from Forest of Birse, Aberdeenshire
This axehead demonstrates the existence of links across the North Sea during the early first millennium BC. These links were probably connected with the supply of bronze from bronze-rich areas to Scandinavia, which lacked native supplies.
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- Online ID: 000-100-082-615-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland X.DE 13
- Date: Between 950 and 750 BC
- Material: Bronze; three raised bands passing through the loop
Axe, socketed
- Dimensions: 2.88" x 1.63"
- What: Axe, socketed
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- Where: Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Forest of Birse
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- References:
- Coles, John M. Scottish late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 93 (1959-1960), pp 16-134, esp. pp 44, 66.
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