Potarch
Flat Axehead (Bronze)
Site Name Potarch
Classification Flat Axehead (Bronze)
Alternative Name(s) Birse
Canmore ID 36200
Site Number NO69NW 7
NGR NO 609 970
NGR Description NO c. 609 970
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Birse
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NO69NW 7 c. 609 970.
A decorated flat axe (Type Bb) from Potarch (NO 609 970) is in the Ashmolean Museum (1927, 2718) (Possibly one of NO59NE 24).
J M Coles 1971.
(Flat axe of Aylesford type). Single find. Flat axe, smooth on one face, rough on the other, green patina; length 141mm, butt 29mm, cutting edge 68mm. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (1927. 2718).
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.