Summary

Vessel of fairly fine, gritty brown ware, from Callanish, Lewis, possibly Late Bronze Age

Accession Number

X.HR 1220

Other references

Original description

COLLECTIONS FROM REFUSE HEAPS. Vessel of fairly fine, gritty brown ware; rim, diam. 4.5", base diam. 3", height 4"; slight internal bevel to rim. 1220-1 Found a few yards apart during peat-cutting, about 9 ft. below the surface, at Callanish, Isle of Lewis (map ref. /231326).

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)

Callanish, Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1961

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Not recorded

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

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