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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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Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Torosay
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

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.

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