Food vessel, Stairhaven

Stairhaven
Fragments of decorated pottery from a Bronze Age "Food Vessel".  Found with a human cremation in a stone cist within a burial cairn in 1917.
Object no :
SMAH 015
Collection :
Domestic
Creator :
NA
Place of Production :
NA
Dimensions :
NA
Materials :
NA
Location :
Stairhaven
Related site :
Mark Farm, Castle Kennedy
2 Fmedia2 F9524642 Fsmah015 1945 461 food vessel stairhaven

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