Summary

Bronze awl, double-pointed with central expansion, from the short cist cemetery at West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Peeblesshire, Early Bronze Age

Accession Number

X.1995.93.12

Other references

Original description

Finds from excavations at West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Peeblesshire. Type of site: Short cist cemetery. Date: Early Bronze Age. Finds from the Early Bronze Age cemetery (area A). [EQ 1038]. Bronze awl, cist 4 (= sf 25). Bronze awl, double-pointed with central expansion. It is circular-sectioned with the centre hammered to create a flattened, square-sectioned middle, expanded in one plane. No other toolmarks visible. The tips of both ends are lost. Cracks suggest the metal may have been insufficiently annealed during working. Organic traces were noted on one end during excavation, presumably from a handle, but the material could not be identified. Non-destructive analysis of the metal by XRF (by Paul Wilthew) indicated it was a bronze with minor lead and arsenic and trace silver. L 19 mm, D 2 mm. Found beside the base of the pot, on the side nearest the body.

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

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Excavated

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1995

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Agent

Image

None