thumb|upright|Replica of a Lochaber axe being demonstrated at a battle re-enactment near Inverlochy Castle
The Lochaber axe (Gaelic: tuagh-chatha) is a type of poleaxe that was used almost exclusively in Scotland. It was usually mounted on a staff about five feet long.
Design and History
thumb|left|upright|[[Polearms and basket-hilted swords in the Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle. The polearm on the right is a Lochaber axe; the other two are halberds]]
The Lochaber axe is first recorded in 1501, as an "old Scottish batale ax of Lochaber fasoun".
The weapon is very similar to the Jedburgh axe, although the crescent blade of the former is larger and heavier than that of the latter. A few were carried by Jacobite troops during the early part of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Although by the end of the rising, almost all Jacobites were armed with muskets and bayonets.