Summary

Slate or shale bead from a 'family' cist burial with two adults and two children at Patrickholm, Larkhall, Lanarkshire

Accession Number

X.EQ 575

Other references

Original description

COLLECTIONS FROM SEPULCHRAL DEPOSITS: Patrickholm Sand Pit, Larkhall, Lanarkshire. Thin circular bead of slate or shale .3" across, the edge partly broken off, with a perforation through the centre. From cist No. 2.

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)

Patrickholm Sand Pit, Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1948

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Not recorded

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

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