Roof slate. Piece of slate in a roughly rectangular shape, with a hole roughly the size of a penny a few centimetres in from the lower left edges.

Dublin Core

Title

Roof slate. Piece of slate in a roughly rectangular shape, with a hole roughly the size of a penny a few centimetres in from the lower left edges.

Identifier

ABDUA:18380

Description

Two schist roof slates, with a hole at one end, one of which is on display in the museum.
Inscription: handwritten label: ANCIENT ROOFING SLAB IN SCHIST found in excavating the great Gatehouse at KILDRUMMS CASTLE July 16-August 14, 1919

Source

Field Collection Date: 1919

Date

Early: 1250 Late: 1500 Period: MED

Format

stone schist, L: 154 mm W: 112 mm

Type

Physical Object

Coverage

Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Great Gatehouse Kildrummy Castle Kildrummy Aberdeenshire

Provenance

Acquisition Source: Simpson, W.Douglas Dr