Summary

Iron-pan or possibly ironstone burnisher, from the cemetery at Barns Farm, Dalgety Bay, Fife

Accession Number

X.EQ 905

Other references

None

Original description

[MOS List, II.5.1, Death: object list by case, JAS 3.2.98. Case no.: V08 - Identity: part of community]. [One of] Grave goods from cemetery at Barns Farm: - from Cist 2: - burnisher, ironpan (?ironstone - check). Trevor Cowie notes, 20 February 2014: Description after Watkins 1982: burnisher (FRN 76; NMAS EQ 905; fig 15.76) a rod, 58 mm long, fashioned from a rich dark brown stone-like material which is apparently iron pan. (The object was broken on recovery and the broken section was examined in the conservation laboratory prior to being repaired.) The proximal end bears traces of having been broken off a larger rod; the distal end has been ground to a gently curved edge. The underside has been heavily smoothed and bears striations angled slightly across the object. For further discussion see Watkins 1982.

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)

Barns Farm, Dalgety Bay, Fife, 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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Image

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