NMS Archaeology Object 131786: X.EQ 336 - Blade


Description

Summary


Tanged iron blade from a grave in a cairn at Gullane, East Lothian, 100 BC - 200 AD


Accession Number


X.EQ 336


Other references

Not recorded1908 p. 302

Original description

COLLECTIONS FROM SEPULCHRAL DEPOSITS: Tanged Blade of iron, 7 1/8" x 7/8", from Iron Age cairn at Gullane.

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)

Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1908

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Curle, Alexander Ormiston, Dr, 1866 - 1955 (RSM)

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

Image of Tanged iron blade from a grave in a cairn at Gullane, East Lothian, 100 BC - 200 AD © National Museums Scotland
Image of Tanged iron blade from a grave in a cairn at Gullane, East Lothian, 100 BC - 200 AD © National Museums Scotland

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