Summary

Bead of burnt bone, roughly cuboidal in shape, slightly curved, with perforation, from the short cist cemetery at West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Peeblesshire, Early Bronze Age

Accession Number

X.1995.93.19

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 1045]. Burnt bone bead, cist 7 cremation (= sf 67). Roughly cuboidal in shape, slightly curved; the perforation measures c. 3 mm at one end and 4 x 5 mm at the other end. The surface is cracked longitudinally due to the fire; it is ridged, consistent with the characteristics of a sheep metatarsal. 38 x 7.5 x 6.5 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