Summary

Dark blue-grey secondary chert flake from a Bronze Age cairn at Limefield Farm, Lanarkshire

Accession Number

X.EQ 899

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. Flint and Chert. Chert flake, found with cinerary urn (EQ 877) outside the perimeter of the cairn in the SE quadrant. Dark blue-grey, secondary flake; patinated. Length 20 mm; width 15 mm; maximum thickness 7 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)

Donor

Image

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