NMS Archaeology Object 130482: X.EO 847 - Flake


Description

Summary


Calcined flake of flint with the point and part of the sides steeply worked, from the White Cairn, Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire


Accession Number


X.EO 847


Other references

Not recorded1950.673

Original description

COLLECTIONS FROM CHAMBERED CAIRNS. White Cairn, Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire. Calcined flake of flint 2.4" x 1.0" x .5", the point and part of the sides steeply worked.

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)

Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1950

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

H.M. Forestry Commission, per Professor S Piggott, F.S.A.Scot.

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

Image of Calcined flake of flint with the point and part of the sides steeply worked, from the White Cairn, Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire © National Museums Scotland
Image of Calcined flake of flint with the point and part of the sides steeply worked, from the White Cairn, Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire © National Museums Scotland

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