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Ceramic beaker. A large pot which slightly flares out at the middle, before narrowing at the neck and flaring out toward the rim. It is decorated with dotted vertical and horizontal lines and cross hatching.
Excavated from a short cist which contained a decayed inhumation, stone fleerish, two worked flints, two arrowheads, one piece of quartzite and a fragment of bronze dagger. This large beaker is a Developed Northern type with a high waist, a short…
Ceramic beaker. A pot which slightly flares out at the middle, before narrowing at the neck and flaring out toward the rim. It is decorated with dotted vertical, horizontal and chevron lines.
Beaker, found at Auchrynie, Fetterangus, in a cist accompanying a young male. Typical Final Northern beaker, sinuous profile, short everted neck. Three broad bands of comb-impressed decoration cover the exterior, with herringbone, and broad bands…
Ceramic beaker. A pot which slightly flares out at the middle, before narrowing at the neck and flaring out toward the rim. It is decorated with dotted vertical, horizontal and zig zag lines.
A Developed Northern beaker, fairly small with comb-impressed decoration in undulating bands around the belly, waist and rim. The motifs include lines of dots, zig-zags, herringbone and metopes. Found just to the south of the steading at Westside…
Ceramic beaker. A pot which slightly flares out at the middle, before narrowing at the neck and flaring out toward the rim. It is decorated with incised vertical and horizontal lines, cross hatching and large triangles pointing upward containing lines and cross hatching.
Final Northern type, of medium size with very short neck. Burnished red exterior, body decorated symmetrically above and below a plain band around the belly with a pattern of cross-hatching which supports triangles, in-filled alternately with…
Ceramic beaker. A small pot which slightly flares out at the middle, before narrowing at the neck and flaring out toward the rim. It is decorated with dotted vertical and horizontal lines and cross hatching.
Small, Late Northern British beaker, with three bands of decoration (twisted cord, horizontal bands, herringbone) separated by two plain horizontal bands. The outside of the pot is slightly burnished. The beaker was found in association with a…
Chain. A silver chain about 11 centimetres long with ring shaped links each about three centimetres wide. The chain alternates between single and double links.
Part of a metal chain, circular links, double linked alternating with single links. Is of a type usually referred to as 'Pictish'. Was found at a depth of 18' on the North promontory of Nigg Bay, Nigg, Kincardineshire, April 1796.
Chair
Decoration: leaf & circular design.
Chair
A small, low chair, made of fir wood from the Aberdeenshire area. The seat is wider at the front, but there are no arms. The chairback has no crest, but is flat. A carved panel on the back is decorated with: WD E2 1687 ('E2' looks more like E and a…
Charcoal iron. A pointed oval shaped steel box full of charcoal, with a lid with an ornate brass and wood handle.
Charcoal iron, with charcoal inside.