Craft and Industry

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Lead beads, Carghidown fort

Three lead beads found under the floor of a round house at the Carghidown promontory fort. Lead obj

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Wardlaw Mount

This was the junction for the straps of a horses harness. Although it is decorated in the native sty

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Spindle Whorl

One of the most common finds from the Iron Age period are spindle whorls, with this small example be

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Domed Spindle Whorl

One of the most common finds from this period are spindle whorls. This is a small dome shaped exampl

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Green Spindle Whorl

Compared to the other Spindle Whorls found in the Iron Age collection, this example is much smaller,

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Spindle Whorl

This object, a large grey stone spindle whorl, is one of the most common finds from the Iron Age per

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Spindle Whorl, Rainton Farm, Gatehouse

Found on the surface of a field in Rainton, Gatehouse of Fleet, this is a large example of a spindle

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Haematite

Three pieces of botryoidal haematite. This is a form of iron ore, and is the raw material as dug out

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Glass Bead, Carronbridge

This glass bead was produced during the Iron Age, and was found during the excavation of Carronbridg

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Worked Stone, Carronbridge

Found during a site excavation in 1989, this fragment of worked stone has a curved side with a strai

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Bangle Fragment, Carronbridge

A white opaque glass fragment of an Iron Age bracelet. Only one edge of the bracelet is present, due

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Melon Beads

Collected by Antiquarians Richard Bell and Reverend Anderson, this collection of Melon Beads from ac

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