RecordHandle plate or toggle< 1 of 1 > Back from Gourlaw, Lasswade, Midlothian
Handle plate or toggleThis bone handle plate or toggle was found with cremated human remains in an urn, buried in a cairn at Gourlaw at Lasswade in Midlothian. The burial dates from between 2000 and 1500 BC. The rectangular piece of bone has a curved cross section. Four holes have been drilled through it. By around 1750 BC, in mainland Scotland, cremation had become the favoured funerary custom. Grave goods were rare, and generally modest. Sometimes they were kept separate from the pyre, but in other cases, as here, they were burnt with the body. Record detailsTo search on related items, click any linked text below.
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