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From Achnacreebeag, Benderloch, Argyll

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This ceramic bowl was found in a simple passage tomb at Achnacreebeag at Benderloch in Argyll. It is a style of pottery found in Brittany and Normandy around 4000 BC.

The bowl has incised decoration of triple arches just above the shoulder and a row of short vertical lines just below it. It is missing part of its rim.

This bowl is the earliest example of long-distance links along Europe's Atlantic edge. We don't know whether it was made in Northwest France or by someone moving from there to live in Argyll. It may even have been copied from a stylish, imported French bowl.

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