The Bronze Age
Ritual
Accessory vessel, Cairnderry
- Period:
- Bronze Age
- Description:
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A small, irregularly-shaped pot. Above the base are four narrow perforations - they may have been used to suspend the pot.
This pot was found in a pit together with a collared urn (see SMAH 019), a battle-axe (see SMAH 020) and a human cremation. The pit had been dug against the outer edge of the chambered tomb.
The site was excavated between 2002 and 2004.
- Place of Discovery:
- Cairnderry chambered tomb
- Materials/Media:
- Baked clay
- Dimensions:
- Height: 47mm
- Source:
- Stranraer Museum
- Accession number:
- WIWMS 2008.24.1
- Digital Number:
- SMAH 018
- Copyright:
- Dumfries & Galloway Council
- References:
- Cummings, V. & Fowler, C. 2007. From Cairn to Cemetery. BAR British Series 434.
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