Summary

Rough-out of cannel coal or shale, for the making of a bangle, from Dunadd, Argyll, 300 - 1000 AD

Accession Number

X.GP 269

Other references

Original description

Collections from Fortified Sites. [HPO] 110-324, From Dunadd, Argyllshire: (269-275) one large disc of jet, five portions of finished rings and one flat piece. Card - DUNADD. Disc of jet, 3 1/4" dia. [MoS description] Shaping stone. Working stone. Making a bangle of cannel coal or shale - flaking, sawing, carving, perforating, grinding and polishing. Making a bangle. Roughing out raw materials. (3) Roughouts, Dunadd and Portpatrick. 300 - 1000 AD.

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

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Dunadd, Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1905

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Excavation Committee

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

None