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from Clintshill, Borders

Postcard of Axehead.
000-100-104-059-C
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Axehead

This bronze axehead was found at Clintshill near Stow in the Borders. It dates from around 1600 to 1400 BC.

The long, narrow axehead has deep, cast flanges. 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.

Middle Bronze Age axeheads are technologically more sophisticated than the flat axeheads of the Early Bronze Age. This was because they were made with closed moulds rather than the open moulds used for the earlier axeheads.


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Online ID: 000-100-104-059-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DC 48
Date: 1600 - 1400 BC
Between 1600 and 1400 BC
Material: Bronze
Dimensions: 6.5 x 2.75"
What: Axe, flanged
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Where: Scotland, Berwickshire, Clintshill
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Description: Bronze flanged axe from Clintshill, Berwickshire, 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, 138. 
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