Summary

Pottery body sherd, from Limefield Farm, Wiston, Lanarkshire

Accession Number

X.EQ 883

Other references

Original description

The finds from a Bronze Age cairn at Limefield, Lanarkshire (RCAHMS 1978, Inventory no 77) excavated in 1966 - 67 by A MacLaren. Pottery. Body sherds (including rounded shoulder), found with EQ 882 in the NW quadrant. Wall thickness 9 mm. Outer surface orange-brown, mottled black in places; core black; interior varies from buff to reddish-brown. Hard fabric, well-gritted with inclusions up to 8 mm, some erupting through the surface. A row of angled bone-end impressions to one side of the shoulder carination suggests that the upper part of the vessel may have been decorated, and the lower body plain (cf. EQ 880 above for similar fabric and decoration). MacLaren, A; PSAS, in, Between and Beyond the Walls, 1984, pp 97 - 116.

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

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

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Method (e.g. excavation)

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Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Limefield Farm, Wiston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

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Acquisition

Acquisition date

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Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

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Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

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