Summary

Flat, rectangular-section shale ring from a Bronze Age cairn at Limefield Farm, Lanarkshire

Accession Number

X.EQ 890

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. Flat, rectangular-sectioned shale ring, found in the surface layer of cairn material in the SE quadrant. Roughly oval in shape with a circular central perforation. Unpolished except perhaps by wear. Lightly scratched all over, again perhaps by wear. Diameter 26 mm to 29 mm; diameter of perforation 15 mm; thickness 4 mm. MacLaren, A; in, Between and Beyond the Walls, 1984, pp 97 - 116, fig 6.7.

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

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

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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