Large piece of pottery from Dùn nan Nighean midden chute, Balephuil. Collected by John Wombell during a North of Scotland Archaeological Society (NOSAS) field trip in June 2017.
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2017.61.1
Piece of patterned vaul-ware pottery from the inner west wall of Dùn Mòr Vaul (NM 04225 49270), collected by John Wombell during a North of Scotland Archaeological Society (NOSAS) field trip in June 2017.
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Twelve assorted pottery sherds, an animal tooth, and a possible microlith, found at NL943410 in sand exposures high on the eastern flank of Beinn Ceann a Mhara.
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2017.49.1
Six pottery sherds and a fish vertebra, thought to be Iron Age, dug from a midden in a sand dune near Kilkenneth Chapel in April 2017. See accompanying report with photographs: 2017.49.2
2009.91.13
Fragment of pottery from a collection of objects found by George Holleyman at Balevullin in 1941-43. Identified by Dr Colleen Batey on 21/10/2016 as being late Norse ‘gritty ware’ from the east coast in the 12-13th centuries.
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Fragment of grass-tempered pottery, possibly Norse, from a collection of artefacts found by George Holleyman at Balevullin in 1941-43. Note the grass markings and the voids in the pottery produced by mixing animal dung with clay. Identified by Dr Colleen Batey 21/10/2016.
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Wooden case (550 x 325 mm) containing 40 Iron Age pottery shards collected by George Holleyman from a sand-hill site at Balevullin during 1941-3. Early Iron Age shard identified by Dr Ewan Campbell, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology in Glasgow, in July 2018.
Craggan comes home after 150 years
An earthenware pot that was made on Tiree at least 150 years ago, but which has been in the Bute Museum since at least 1879, came home last month. Click on the image to find out more.
2016.32.2
Souvenir milk jug and butter dish from MacDonald’s shop in the 1950s. “Isle of Tiree” is painted on both. From the belongings of Angus MacLean, Scarinish.
