Necklace

Description

Two-string necklace of cannel coal and lead beads, from the short cist cemetery at West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Borders, Early Bronze Age

Museum reference

X.1995.93.7

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Necklace

Date

Early Bronze Age

Materials

Cannel coal, Lead

Physical description

Two-string necklace, the outer with a graduated string of one hundred and eighty one cannel coal disc beads, the inner with thirty one lead beads separated by lost organic beads, or possibly held in place by knots

Collection place(s)

West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Hunter, Fraser, Excavation of an Early Bronze Age cemetery and other sites at West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Scottish Borders, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 130 (2000), 115-182

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

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