Glen Forsa, Mull
Findspot, Flat Axehead (Bronze)
Site Name Glen Forsa, Mull
Classification Findspot, Flat Axehead (Bronze)
Alternative Name(s) Glenforsa
Canmore ID 22286
Site Number NM54SE 5
NGR NM 59 42
NGR Description NM c. 59 42
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Torosay
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM54SE 5 c. 59 42.
An early Bronze Age flat axe-Coles' type Ba - from Glenforsa, Mull (Glenforsa House: NM 593 428) was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1903 (Accession no DA 70)
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1903; J M Coles 1971.
This axe is in the NMAS.
Information from OS.
No further information.
Visited by OS (D W R) 3 May 1972.
(Migdale type). Single find. Flat axe, green, smooth, tinned, sides hammered, deep scratch marks on blade; length 146mm, butt 37mm, cutting edge 80mm, weight 475 gms. NMAS DA 70.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.