Find Spot record MAB46481 - MAINS OF AUCHINBADIE
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Summary
Early Iron Age bronze armlet of 2nd-3rd century BC date.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 6891 5870 (40m by 40m) Centred at - Point |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ65NE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Alvah |
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Early Iron Age bronze armlet of 2nd-3rd century BC date. Found while the farmer was ploughing field on which a stone circle had stood. The armlet weighs 3lbs 9oz, is 165mm in its longest diameter and 136mm in greatest breadth across its side. It is ornamented with three parallel, rounded or embossed mouldings or belts which are thickly studded with alternately transverse and oblique projecting ornaments. Stuart (1859) states that the armlet was precisely similar to one found at Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire and donated by him in 1853 to NMAS, but this has been taken by J M Coles as a reference to some Late Bronze Age torcs also found at Belhelvie, leading him to erroneously list 'a ribbon torc from Auchinbadie'.
STUART, J, 1857, NOTICE OF THE EARLY ECCLESIASTICAL SETTLEMENT.....AND OF RECENT EXCAVATION AT THE HA' HILLOCK. PSAS 2(1854-6) 368-72, 371 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1801.
BRONZE ARMLET
DONATIONS & PURCHASES, 1864, PSAS 5(1862-4), 11 (Bibliographic reference). SAB385.
BRONZE ARMLET
ORDNANCE SURVEY, 1871, Ordnance Name Book, No2(1867) 56 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1360.
BRONZE ARMLET
SMITH, JA, 1881, PSAS 15(1880-1) 316-354, 316-354 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1818.
BRONZE ARMLET
STEVENSON, RBK, 1951, SCOTLANDS ANCIENT TREASURE, 12 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1817.
BRONZE ARMLET
COLES, J. M., 1960, SCOTTISH LATE BRONZE METALWORK; PSAS 101 p.16-134, 92 (Bibliographic reference). SAB234.
BRONZE ARMLET
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- NMR Card Number: NJ65NE5;
- NRHE Numlink: 18387;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ65NE0029;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/18387 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SAB1360 Bibliographic reference: ORDNANCE SURVEY. 1871. Ordnance Name Book. No2(1867) 56.
- --- SAB1801 Bibliographic reference: STUART, J. 1857. NOTICE OF THE EARLY ECCLESIASTICAL SETTLEMENT.....AND OF RECENT EXCAVATION AT THE HA' HILLOCK. PSAS 2(1854-6) 368-72. 371.
- --- SAB1817 Bibliographic reference: STEVENSON, RBK. 1951. SCOTLANDS ANCIENT TREASURE. Y. 12.
- --- SAB1818 Bibliographic reference: SMITH, JA. 1881. PSAS 15(1880-1) 316-354. 316-354.
- --- SAB234 Bibliographic reference: COLES, J. M.. 1960. SCOTTISH LATE BRONZE METALWORK; PSAS 101 p.16-134. Y. N. 92.
- --- SAB385 Bibliographic reference: DONATIONS & PURCHASES. 1864. PSAS 5(1862-4). 11.
Finds (2)
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Record last edited
Aug 13 2020 4:56PM
