Struthers House
Socketed Axehead (Bronze)
Site Name Struthers House
Classification Socketed Axehead (Bronze)
Alternative Name(s) Struther's House
Canmore ID 31189
Site Number NO30NE 3
NGR NO 377 098
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Fife
- Parish Ceres
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO30NE 3 377 098.
A bronze socketed axe, 3 3/4 by 2 1/2 inches found near Struthers House in the parish of Ceres, is in the National Museum of Antiquities.
NMAS 1892
Enquiries at Struthers failed to reveal any knowledge of this find.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 16 October 1962.
(Dungiven variant of Dowris type). Socketed axe, no patina, well-preserved metal, file-marks on body and at mouth, incompletely trimmed, shirt haft ribs. Length 95mm, mouth 27 x 32mm, cutting edge 66mm, weight 310 gms. NMAS DE 20.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.