Summary

Wooden paddle, probably from the wheel of a horizontal water-mill, found about seven feet below the surface of a peat bank at Gutcher, Yell, Shetland, 70 - 350 AD

Accession Number

X.PD 13

Other references

Original description

Wood. Paddle, probably from the wheel of a horizontal water mill, 1' 9.3" long, 6.2" across the blade, 1.75" across mounted end; the blade is chevron-shaped in cross-section, leaf-shaped in plan with the broader end curved slightly backwards; the narrower end of the blade thickens to become a tapering tang for mounting; 1" from the blade, the blade is pierced [...]; found about seven feet below the surface of a peat-bank at Gutcher, Yell, Shetland; 'position marked on six inch map'. SD note, July 1999: Edited from SCRAN full data set. MoS label: 70 - 350 AD.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1954

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Not recorded

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

None