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Spearhead. A bronze socketed spearhead about six inches long. The point is large and wide, taking up half the length. There is a small loop on either side of the socket.
Bronze spearhead, socketed and with side loops, kite-like blade, tapering mid-rib and V-shaped ridge. Has a notch across the socket, possibly to aid hafting.
Spearhead. A bronze socketed spearhead about five inches long. The point is quite small, most of the length being taken up by the socket. There is a small loop on either side of the socket.
Bronze spearhead, socketed with side loops, leaf-shaped blade with tapering midrib.
Inscription: old paper label: C.24 ABDUA number and NEW written inside socket
Inscription: old paper label: C.24 ABDUA number and NEW written inside socket
Costrel. Fragment of a bronze bottle with the neck and part of the body which has thin horizontal grooves on it.
Brass costrel, or pilgrim's flask, from the Hospital of Kincardine o Neil. Decoration in the middle: chevron-pattern.
Moulding. Plaster figure of Christ on a block about five inches tall, broken at the mid torso. His face is turned to his right and his left hand is on his chest.
Plaster moulding of Christ from Monymusk Kirk.
Inscription: Box marked: MONYMUSK CHRIST
Inscription: Box marked: MONYMUSK CHRIST
Solar pyrheliometer. A large instrument made of steel, brass and wood. Three small fan shaped steel plates which can be rotated are positioned over a long brass cylinder which extends from a squat wooden cylinder, suspended in a ring mount allowing the apparatus to be rotated in multiple directions.
Silver disk pyreheliometer for measuring the power in solar radiation. Instrument purchased from Smithsonian Institution who developed the device. Can be seen in use in the photograph of the total solar eclipse of 1927 taken on top of the Cromwell…
Crossbills. Two taxidermy finch sized birds on Perspex perches. Both birds have large, curved beaks where the upper and lower parts cross over each other (like crossed fingers). The male has brown and orange plumage, the female brown and olive plumage.
Stuffed birds, female and male crossbill, on loan from Zoology Museum.
Red squirrel. Squirrel with reddish brown fur and a white belly, with long tufts on its ears. The squirrel hangs from a Perspex bar with its front legs.
Red Squirrel, on loan from Zoology Museum.
Capercaillie. A large bird with mottled grey and brown plumage, brown and white wings, and an iridescent bluish grey breast. It has a waxy red brow around each eye and a short, hooked beak. It stands on a mossy platform.
Stuffed bird, capercailzie, on loan from Zoology Museum.
Bead. A small, fat ring shaped bead made of greenish grey glass, with scratches and scuffs.
Shape: flat, circular. Colour: blue green. Type: Plain annular bead (Guido 1978). From a 'stone circle' at Castlehill, Kintore. Ralston & Inglis (1984): 'The 'Castle Hill' was destroyed during the construction of the railway in mid-Victorian…
Bead
Colour: black with yellow spirals. Shape: bun-shaped. Found near the Vitrified Fort on the Tap o' Noth at Rhynie, Aberdeenshire by the owner of the land, who gave them to Mr Fraser. Type: North Scottish spiral-decorated bead (Guido 1978, Class 13;…