The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . MISCELLANEOUS ANTIQUITIES. 685. Battle-Axe. Batinockbum. executed a little chapel, where mass was said for his Besidesthis fine example of a Scottish two-handed sword, may be mentionedthat ascribed to Sir William Wallace, preserved at Dumbarton Castle ;that of Sir John Graham of DundafF, (slain 1298,) in the possessionof tlie Duke of Montrose ; another Wallace sword at KinfaunsCastle; and other specimens at Talyskir, in the Isle of Rasay ; atAbbotsford ; and in the Museum of the Scottish Antiquaries. Among the most recent additions to
The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . MISCELLANEOUS ANTIQUITIES. 685. Battle-Axe. Batinockbum. executed a little chapel, where mass was said for his Besidesthis fine example of a Scottish two-handed sword, may be mentionedthat ascribed to Sir William Wallace, preserved at Dumbarton Castle ;that of Sir John Graham of DundafF, (slain 1298,) in the possessionof tlie Duke of Montrose ; another Wallace sword at KinfaunsCastle; and other specimens at Talyskir, in the Isle of Rasay ; atAbbotsford ; and in the Museum of the Scottish Antiquaries. Among the most recent additions to the same collection is anotherremarkable weapon, which possesses undoubted historical value, and may be associated with more con-fidence with the great victory ofRobert the Bruce than most ofthe relics that bear his name. Itconsists of the head of a battle-axe, of iron, coated with bronze,which is figured here. It was dis-covered in draining the morass atBannockburn in 1785, and is con-siderably broken on the edge,evidently from its use upon the mailed panoply of the gallant kni
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