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Bead

Description

Small bead of jet or lignite, from the horned, chambered cairn at Yarhouse (the northern cairn of a pair also known as South Yarrows), Thrumster, Caithness, Highland, Early Bronze Age

Museum reference

X.EO 132

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Bead

Materials

Jet, Lignite

Physical description

Jet or lignite; small beads

Collection place(s)

Yarhouse, Thrumster, Wick, Caithness, Scotland, Northern Europe

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

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