Farming

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Wooden Ard

Part of the earliest form of plough found at Glenfield works, Kilmarnock, embedded in sandy grit of

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Horn from Barnsallie Crannog

This horn from a small cow was found on the crannog at Barnsallie near Whitefield Loch, Glenluce.

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Farmstead, Rispain

Formerly considered as a probable medieval homestead, excavations between 1978 and 1981 showed it to

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Lochmaben Ard

Former curator of Dumfries Museum A E Truckell with the Lochmaben Ard beam, an Iron Age plough found

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Bridle Bit, Lochlea Crannog

Bronze items such as this bridle bit not only show us that the inhabitants of the crannog at Lochlea

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Horse Teeth, Lochlea Crannog

Animal teeth recovered from archaeological sites give a clear indication of the types of livestock k

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Teeth, Lochlea

Animal teeth give a clear indication of what animals the original inhabitants of the site kept as li

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Bronze terret

A harness loop from a native cart or chariot.

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Axe head and shaft

This axe was found under several layers of peat at Loudoun Hill. It was probably used as a tool rath

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