NMS Archaeology Object 605533: X.1995.93.18 - Bead


Description

Summary


Barrel-shaped bead of burnt bone with flattened ends and a perforation, from the short cist cemetery at West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Peeblesshire, Early Bronze Age


Accession Number


X.1995.93.18


Other references

Classification numberX.EQ 1044

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 1044]. Burnt bone bead, cist 7 cremation (= sf 66). Barrel-shaped with flattened ends and a perforation measuring 4 x 3.5 mm at one end and 4-5 mm at the other end. The bone cannot be identified. L 34 mm x D 8.5 mm.

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

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