Find Spot record MAB47124 - AUCHMALEDDIE
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Summary
Two Late Bronze Age shields, one of Yetholm and the other of Coveney-type.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 8952 4488 (40m by 40m) Location only - Point |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ84SE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | New Deer |
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Two Late Bronze Age shields, one of Yetholm and the other of Coveney-type. In May 1897 Mr George Littlejohn, the son of the farmer of Mitchelhill Farm, New Deer, was casting peats in the Moss of Auchmaleddie. During the course of the work he found two shields, one lying on top of the other, embedded in the peat. The findspot has been described as being near the central part of a circular cup-shaped hollow of about 450 yards in diameter in a peat moss, circa 4 feet below the surface and 5 feet above the blue clay subsoil at the base of the peat. Previously circa 5 feet of peat had already been removed from the hollow. The Coveney-type shield is 45 cm in diameter, made of sheet bronze, including the handle, and is decorated with a central boss around which four separate meandering ribs set between two concentric ribs. The shield is one of only two of this type from Britain. The other shield, which lay on top of the Coveney-type shield, is of the Yetholm-type, and is again made from bronze but this time with a diameter of 70 cm with a central boss, and is decorated with 25 concentric rows of small bosses alternating with 25 concentric ribs.
DONATIONS & PURCHASES, 1898, PSAS 32(1897-8), 8-10 (Bibliographic reference). SAB430.
BRONZE SHIELDS
COLES, J. M., 1960, SCOTTISH LATE BRONZE METALWORK; PSAS 101 p.16-134, 94 (Bibliographic reference). SAB234.
BRONZE SHIELDS
COLES, JM, 1962, PPS 28(1961-2) 189-90, 189-90 (Bibliographic reference). SAB2316.
BRONZE SHIELDS
GREEN CAT RENEWABLES, 2022, GREEN VOLT OFFSHORE WINDFARM - ONSHORE INFRASTRUCTURE: EIA SCOPING REPORT, EIA (Bibliographic reference). SAB4339.
Author unknown, n.d., EVENING EXPRESS, 06/06/95 (Bibliographic reference). SAB446.
BRONZE SHIELD
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- NMR Card Number: NJ84SE2;
- NRHE Numlink: 19890;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ84SE0002;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/19890 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SAB2316 Bibliographic reference: COLES, JM. 1962. PPS 28(1961-2) 189-90. 189-90.
- --- SAB234 Bibliographic reference: COLES, J. M.. 1960. SCOTTISH LATE BRONZE METALWORK; PSAS 101 p.16-134. Y. N. 94.
- --- SAB430 Bibliographic reference: DONATIONS & PURCHASES. 1898. PSAS 32(1897-8). 8-10.
- --- SAB4339 Bibliographic reference: GREEN CAT RENEWABLES. 2022. GREEN VOLT OFFSHORE WINDFARM - ONSHORE INFRASTRUCTURE: EIA SCOPING REPORT. EIA.
- --- SAB446 Bibliographic reference: Author unknown. n.d.. EVENING EXPRESS. 06/06/95.
Finds (3)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Dec 19 2025 3:05PM
