Wooden bowl found in a peat moss

This wooden bowl was found in a peat moss at Kirkchrist in Wigtownshire. It was made sometime between 80 and 250 AD.

The large bowl has been shaped by hollowing out a piece of wood to form an oval bowl with two lugs. It was not finished.

Wood was plentiful and early people used it skilfully, employing a range of axes and other tools for different tasks. Wooden objects survive only where conditions are favourable, and few therefore survive to indicate the range of objects made.

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Online ID:	000-100-000-052-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland W.SFA 8
Date:	Between 80 and 250 AD
Material:	Wood; large, oval; lug at each end; incompletely hollowed
Dimensions:	21.75" L x 7.00" deep
What:	Bowl
Subject:	The kitchen - wooden bowls for cooking or table (NMAS Classification)
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Where:	Scotland, Wigtownshire, Penninghame, Kirkchrist
Event:
Description:	Large, incompletely hollowed bowl, from Kirkchrist, Wigtownshire
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