Summary

Toggle, a pointed oval sliver of bone with a row of four perforations, from Kinneil Mill Sand Quarry, Stirlingshire, 2050 - 1500 BC

Accession Number

X.EQ 753

Other references

Original description

GRAVES: Bone "toggle", pointed oval 1.87 x 0.32", with four perforations in a row, diam. 0.15"; slightly distorted by burning. Kinneil Mill Sand Quarry, Stirlingshire. [MoS description] Dead and sometimes buried. From inhumation to cremation. Burnt grave goods and fasteners. (21) Pins & toggles, Cairnpapple, Gourlaw, Woodhead, Kinneil Mill and Over Migvie. 2050 - 1500 BC.

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)

Kinneil Mill Sand Quarry, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1965

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Forth Valley Sand and Gravel Co., Linlithgow

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

None