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Sandstone mould for casting bronze objects

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From Dunsapie, Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh

Sandstone mould for casting bronze objects
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This sandstone mould was found at Dunsapie on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh. It was used to cast a number of objects, sometime between 200 BC and 1000 AD.

The mould was used to cast (at least) a ring, a horseshoe-shaped object, a dumb-bell-shaped object, and part of another ring. It is broken.

Bronze objects could be made by melting bronze in a crucible in a furnace, and then casting it into shapes using moulds. At first, simple moulds were used for making flat objects. Later more complex moulds of clay and stone were developed.

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