Summary

V-bored jet button from a Bronze Age cremation at Limefield Farm, Lanarkshire

Accession Number

X.EQ 889

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. Jet. V-bored jet button found with Beaker EQ 871 and cremation (I) in central pit. Flat base with oblique V-boring, conical upper surface, all highly polished. Diameter 28 mm, height 6 mm. 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

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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)

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