Site Name: Callander
Alternative Name(s):
Monument Type: Hoard (Possible)
Council: Stirling
Parish: Callander
Map Sheet: NN60NW
Grid Reference: 260000, 707000 NGR from Stirling Council SMR
Canmore Number: 24340
Non-Statutory Register Code:
WoSAS Pin 63755
NN 6000 0700
Stirling SMR Locality Number 315
Hoard
The following Bronze Age weapons and implements with NMAS. Accession numbers have been found at or near Callander:- DQ 321 'Squat' socketed axe. DQ 322 Group II Thetford Class rapier (broken) DQ 323 Group III Lisburn class rapier (fragment) DQ 324 Spearhead Class IV. DQ 321-4 form a reputed hoard (Coles 1961) but although presumably accessed as a group by the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS), there is no evidence to suggest that they were found together. DE 101 'Rib' socketed axe. DE 124 'Bag' socketed axe. DG 105 Spearhead Class V. DC 134 Flanged axe Class III. The find spots could not be located by local enquiries. All the finds are in the NMAS.
Visited by OS (R D) 6 January 1969.
Callander district. Possibly from hoard, before 1830.
References Burgess, C (B) (1968 a) Bronze Age metalwork in northern England c 1000 to 700 B C, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 38, Burgess and Gerloff, C B and S (1981 ) 'The dirks and rapiers of Great Britain and Ireland, Prahistorische Bronzefunde, New, 4, 7, 1981, Muchen, 52, no, 365, 99, no. 880 and 114, no. 16,, Coles, J M (1962 a) 'Scottish Late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology' Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 93, 1959-60, 71, 80, 134, Coles, J M (1961 b) Trans Cumberland Westmorland Antiq Archaeol Soc, New, 61, 1961, 22, Coles, J M (1966 a) 'Scottish Middle Bronze Age metalwork', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 97, 1963-4, 137, 143, 146, PSAS (1958 ) 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 89, 1955-6, 463, PSAS (1934 ) 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 68, 1933-4, 191, no. 4, Schmidt and Burgess, P K and C B (1981 ) 'The axes of Scotland and Northern England', Prahistorische Bronzefunde, 9, 7, Munchen, Germany, 93-4, no. 535, 185, no. 1050, 186, no. 1064 and 224, no. 1369, Trump, B A V (1962 a) 'Daggers, dirks and rapiers of the Scottish middle Bronze Age', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 93, 1959-60, 11, 15, Trump, B A V (1962 b) 'The origin and development of British middle Bronze Age rapiers', Proc Prehist Soc, New, 28, 1962, 101
Entered WoSAS (MOH), 24/03/11
PSAS , 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library', PSAS, Vol 68, 1933-4, pp.10-26, 97-100, 190-193, 350-4, 412-19.(1934)
Schmidt and Burgess, P K and C B , 'The axes of Scotland and Northern England', Prahistorische Bronzefunde, Vol 9, Part7, Munchen, Germany.(1981)
Burgess, C (B) , Bronze Age metalwork in northern England c 1000 to 700 B C. Newcastle-upon-Tyne.(1968)
PSAS , 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library, PSAS, Vol 89, 1955-6, pp.458-66.(1958)
Coles, J M , 'Scottish Late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology', PSAS, Vol 93, 1959-60, pp.16-134.(1962)
Coles, J M , 'Scottish Middle Bronze Age metalwork', PSAS, Vol 97, 1963-4, pp.82-156.(1966)
Burgess and Gerloff, C B and S , 'The dirks and rapiers of Great Britain and Ireland, Prahistorische Bronzefunde, Vol 4, Part7, 1981, Muchen.(1981)
SCHMIDT PK & BURGESS CB , THE AXES OF SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN ENGLAND(1981)