From Buiston Crannog, Ayrshire
This wooden lid, of alder, was probably for a small keg, possibly a butter churn. It was found at Buiston Crannog in Ayrshire. The lid was made sometime between 585 and 630.
The well-preserved lid, carved from a single plank of alder, has a perforated handle. The lid was probably designed to sit within the recessed rim of a small vessel.
The crannog (lake settlement) at Buiston has produced much well-preserved wooden material. This lid may well have been from a butter churn. The processing of milk into butter is known to have occurred from the early centuries AD in Scotland.
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