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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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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Birse
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Kincardine And Deeside
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

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.

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