Drawings Iron weapons from Nithsdale, Scotland
Object number
LDSAL2020.2.39
Artist/Designer/Maker
Riddell, Robert - Artist
Riddell, Robert - Attributed To
Riddell, Robert - Attributed To
Production date
Circa 1791
Material
Paper
Pen
Ink
Pen
Ink
Technique
Drawing
Writing (Processes)
Writing (Processes)
Dimensions
Height: 282mm
Width: 193mm
Width: 193mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
2 feet 6 inches
Archæologia Vol. X. p. 478.
Archæologia Vol. X. p. 478.
Inscription content
Two Battle axes found in a Moss near Terreagles, the seat of Marmaduke Maxwell Constable Esq of Nithsdale -
They are very much Corroded with Rust, and are the only Specimens (that I have heard of,) of the old Galwegian Bill or Battle ax, found in that Country; They are above an Inch thick on the Back, Gradually tapering to the Edge - and seem to have been similar to the ancient Bills.
They are very much Corroded with Rust, and are the only Specimens (that I have heard of,) of the old Galwegian Bill or Battle ax, found in that Country; They are above an Inch thick on the Back, Gradually tapering to the Edge - and seem to have been similar to the ancient Bills.
References
Reference (free text)
Archaeologia 10 (1792): 478-82.
Illustration (Engraving), fig. 1, pl. XL, opp. p. 478.
