Ballinbreich Castle
Button, Flanged Axehead (Bronze), Unidentified Pottery (Medieval)
Site Name Ballinbreich Castle
Classification Button, Flanged Axehead (Bronze), Unidentified Pottery (Medieval)
Canmore ID 72598
Site Number NO22SE 24
NGR NO 272 203
NGR Description NO 272 203 and NO c. 273 203
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Fife
- Parish Flisk
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO22SE 24 272 203 and c. 273 203
Finds made in fields adjacent to Ballinbreich Castle include a bronze flanged axe, a Roman Iron Age 'button and loop fastener'; part of a Limoge crucifix ornament, c13th century; and sherds of medieval green- glazed pottery. Reported to Dundee Museum.
P Yeoman 1991.
The flanged bronze axe, found at NO 272 203, is now with North East Fife District Museum Service, Cupar, following a Treasure Trove enquiry. Daybook no. DB 1991/11.
NMS 1992.