Annan
Hoard (Bronze Age)(Possible), Palstave (Bronze Age), Socketed Axehead(S) (Bronze)(Bronze Age), Spearhead(S) (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Site Name Annan
Classification Hoard (Bronze Age)(Possible), Palstave (Bronze Age), Socketed Axehead(S) (Bronze)(Bronze Age), Spearhead(S) (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 66457
Site Number NY16NE 13
NGR NY 19 66
NGR Description NY c. 19 66
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/66457
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Annan
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY16NE 13 NY c. 19 66
See also NY16NE 12
Three bronze spearheads (Coles' Class C) (DG 81-3), a palstave (DC 98) and four bronze socketed axes (DE 77-80), found at various times on a small farm near Annan, are now in the Royal Museum of Scotland (RMS, formerly the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS]).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1921; W Henderson 1938; J M Coles 1962; 1966
903. (Palstave: plain variant of Roundhay type) Single find. - Palstave, corroded, black-green, flanges damaged; length 120mm, butt 20mm, stop-height 7mm, cutting edge 44mm, weight 230gms - NMA (DC98).
984. (Socketed axe of Taunton type) Single find, from a small farm near Annan. - Socketed axe, smooth, black, casting flaw underneath loop, loop broken, trimmed; length 80mm, mouth 19 x 20mm, cutting edge 31mm, weight 95gms - NMA (DE80).
1028. (Socket axe of Highfield type) Single find. - Socketed axe, smooth and green surface, untrimmed; length 65mm, mouth 25 x 27mm, cutting edge 44mm, weight 200gms - NMA (DE79).
1098 (Socketed axe of Gillespie type) Single find. - Socketed axe, green, notched cutting edge, partly trimmed, haft ribs; length 93mm, mouth 32 x 35mm, cutting edge 62mm, weight 305gms - NMA (DE78).
1283 (Socketed axe of South-eastern type) Single find from a small farm near Annan. - Socketed axe, green and black, slightly pitted, cutting edge hammered, two deep scars on one face; length 106mm, mouth 30 x 32mm, cutting edge 51mm, weight 200gms - NMA (DE77)
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
The possibility that some at least of these axes form the remains of a hoard cannot be discounted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM) 2 April 1990.