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Dundee, Blackness

Findspot (Period Unknown), Socketed Axehead (Bronze Age)

Site Name Dundee, Blackness

Classification Findspot (Period Unknown), Socketed Axehead (Bronze Age)

Canmore ID 31950

Site Number NO33SE 45

NGR NO 38 30

NGR Description NO c. 38 30

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Dundee, City Of
  • Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District City Of Dundee
  • Former County Angus

Archaeology Notes

NO33SE 45 c. 38 30

Possibly on map sheet NO32NE.

A Late Bronze Age socketed axe (bag-type) found at Blackness (NO 38 30) was purchased for National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1910 (Accession no: DE 71)

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1910; J M Coles 1962.

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