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Kintore

Flanged Axehead (Bronze)

Site Name Kintore

Classification Flanged Axehead (Bronze)

Canmore ID 18633

Site Number NJ71NE 70

NGR NJ 79 16

NGR Description NJ c. 79 16

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Kintore
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ71NE 70 c. 79 16.

A Middle Bronze Age, Class III, bronze flanged axe from Kintore (name: NJ 79 16) is in the Anthropological Museum, Marischal College, Aberdeen University (Accession no: 247/24).

J M Coles 1966.

(Wing-flanged axe of Ulrome type). Single find. Flanged axe, smooth but sandy surface, green-brown, hammered cutting edge; length 99mm, butt 19mm, cutting edge 39mm, weight 170 gms. Anthropol. Mus., Aberdeen (247.24).

P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.

There is no change to the existing record.

Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 29 October 1996.

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