Summary

Pottery base sherd, from Limefield Farm, Wiston, Lanarkshire

Accession Number

X.EQ 887

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. Unstratified. Base sherd, possibly same vessel as EQ 885 above. Base thickness 15 mm. Outer surface orange-brown, interior and core grey-brown. Hard, well-gritted with grits up to 5 mm. Traces of one small horizontal incision on the side of the sherd, 10 mm from base. MacLaren, A; 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

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

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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