Windy Law
Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Site Name Windy Law
Classification Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Stobshiel
Canmore ID 54794
Site Number NT46SE 9
NGR NT 491 615
NGR Description NT c. 491 615
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/54794
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Humbie (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT46SE 9 c. 491 615.
A Late Bronze Age socketed axe, which was found about 1875 on Windy Law (name: NT 491 615), Stobshiel, was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] in 1920 (Accession no: DE 82).
J A Smith 1882; J M Coles 1962; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1921.
(Socketed axe: Roseberry Topping variant of Sompting type). Single find. Socketed axe, corroded, green, scrach marks; length 84mm, mouth 29x35mm, cutting edge 56mm, weight 245 gms. NMAS DE 82.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.