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Printed map of Aberdeen and Old Aberdeen in 1796, with the river Don to the North and the Dee to the South, surrounding farmland and terrain features such as hills. The route of a proposed canal from Inverurie is shown passing North of Aberdeen into the harbour.

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South Breakwater, Aberdeen around 1920. A concrete breakwater with a tower at the end projects from a rocky shore. Two figures stand on the breakwater in the distance. A small steamboat and a sailboat head past the breakwater, and the Aberdeenshire coast is visible on the horizon.

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Central Aberdeen around 1900: trams, cyclists, a horse and pedestrians on Union Street with Union Terrace Gardens and municipal buildings to the north.

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Socketed axe heads. Three bronze axe heads, about three inches long, hollow inside with wide squarish openings at the base. One axe head is covered with green rust and has a loop near the base.

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Flanged axe heads. Five bronze axe heads with flanges extending up and below from the sides perpendicular to the blade edge.

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Flat axe heads. Three bronze axe heads, ranging from three to six inches long, the largest one covered in green rust.

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Stone axe heads. Two polished grey stone axe heads, one about four inches long, the other about seven inches long. The smaller one has a curved blade edge and is a round tapering oval shape, the larger has a straight edge and is a rounded triangular shape.

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Flanged bronze axe head from the stone circle at Tamnaverie.

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Bronze axe head , flanged. Found 'in a cairn'. Type: Auchterhouse Group, Class III (Coles 1963), Ulrome (Schmidt & Burgess 1981) but note that it is wrongly provenanced in S&B.

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Bull harness. A large iron collar with chains.
Bull jougs, a restraining harness, made of iron.

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