Keg / adipocere / bog butter

Description

Bog-butter keg of alder or birch, with a lid, found in Glen Gell, Morven, Argyll

Museum reference

X.SHC 1

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Keg / adipocere / bog butter

Materials

Alder, Birch, Bog butter

Physical description

Wood, alder or birch / bog-butter

Associations

Glen Gell, Morvern, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Y

On display

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