NMS Archaeology Object 605551: X.1995.93.27 - Pottery / beaker / wall / base / sherd
Description
Summary
Undecorated base and lower wall sherd from an indeterminate type of beaker, from the short cist cemetery at West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Peeblesshire, Early Bronze Age
Accession Number
X.1995.93.27
Other references
Classification number | X.EQ 1053 |
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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 1053]. Beaker base sherd, feature 2 (= sf 61). Part of a base and lower wall; the latter splays at an angle of 125 degrees, and the estimated base diameter is c. 100 mm. Undecorated, and more heavily gritted than EQ 1051-2; definitely not part of the same pot as EQ 1052, and unlikely to belong with EQ 1051. Indeterminate type of Beaker. The exterior and part of the core are reddish-brown, the rest of the core and interior dark grey. Surfaces carefully smoothed; exterior probably well-smoothed, then slightly polished. Inclusions abundant (15-20%) but well-concealed from exterior surface; rounded, sub-angular and angular grits of several rock types, up to 6 x 3.8 mm. 40 x 37 x 8.2-8.9 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
Identifiers and Links to Other Records
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Identifier / External Link | Linked Record | Status | Comment |
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Canmore Site Id: 72107 | WEST WATER RESERVOIR - LINTON (TWEEDDALE) - CIST(S) (PERIOD UNASSIGNED), AWL (COPPER), BEAD(S), BEAKER(S), DISC(S) (CANNEL COAL), FOOD VESSEL(S) | Definite | West Water Reservoir cists/grave goods |
NMS Accession Number: X.1995.93.27 | No linked record | Identifier supplied by NMS |
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