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Halberd

Description

Early Bronze Age copper halberd found with two flat axes recovered from a cist, from a possible hoard at Sluie, Moray, 2150 - 1950 BC

Museum reference

X.DJ 4

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Halberd

Date

Bronze Age

Style / Culture

Bronze Age

Materials

Copper

Physical description

Copper; broad; with four rivet holes

Collection place(s)

Sluie, Morayshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Needham, S. (2015) "A Hafted Halberd Excavated at Trecastell, Powys: from Undercurrent to Uptake – the Emergence and Contextualisation of Halberds in Wales and North-west Europe", PPS 81, 1-41, Appendix 4, p.4

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Canmore Site Record

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