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Leaf-shaped sword, point imperfect, in bronze. Said to have been found in 1809 'under deep moss' on the estate of Balnagubs, Kincardineshire, in line between Roman camps of Raedykes and Drumoak, but may be a nineteenth-century copy of a Bronze Age…

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Basket-hilted backsword, hilt decoration: stylised leaves & pierced bands, grip missing. Hilt is the work of Walter Allan of Stirling and was made in the mid-18th century. The blade has a mark near the top of the blade.

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Basket-hilted broadsword, grip missing.

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Sword, double-edged, basket-hilted, constructed of round bars with large 'S' and fleurs-de-lis in rear compartments. Thick junction plates with serrated edges. Carved upper ends of branches where they fit into grooves of pommel. Pommel of low conical…

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Dress sword, deer horn hilt, leather scabbard. Scabbard also holds knife with deer horn handle and mountings in gilded brass. Type: couteau de chasse. Reid (1912): 'Sword belonged to Campbell of Glencoe, the perpetrator of the Massacre of Glencoe.…

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Sword, double-edged, Basket hilt constructed of round bars, junction plates pierced with 'key' pattern and incised with lines bordering the junction plate. Quillon with scrolled terminal. Flat domed pommel with four grooves forming a cross, the…

Sword. Almost a metre long steel sword, the blade has two grooves along its length, the handle is surrounded by a basket of steel loops with decorative punched hearts, and red cushioning inside.
Highland broadsword (A434+5b) and silver-plated cross-guard (A434+5a), used by Lachlan Forbes when Regimental Adjutant, 1st Volunteer Battalion Gordon Highlanders.

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Sword. Steel blade, about a foot and a quarter long, with a wide groove near running up it from the hilt. It has a wooden handle with brass rivets, pommel, and a looped hand guard with a panel decorated with a hunting scene.
Sword with fluted blade in steel. Hilt in wood, studded and mounted in brass, brass pommel and guard decorated with hunting scenes. The museum's Slip Catalogue notes: 'Dirk and sword belonged to Michael Dunbar, notorious cateran (robber) who lived…

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