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Wooden boat bailer

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from Grimsay, North Uist, Outer Hebrides

Postcard of Wooden boat bailer.
000-100-102-202-C
© National Museums Scotland

Wooden boat bailer

This wooden boat bailer was found in the peat at Grimsay on North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. Wooden boat bailers must have been used from earliest times, but they rarely survive. This example dates from sometime between 1400 to 1000 BC.

The oval bailer was cut from a solid piece of wood. It has a short handle.

The seas and waterways around Scotland have made contact easier rather than acting as a barrier. Some types of boating equipment, such as this bailer, have scarcely changed, and are easily recognisable today.


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Online ID: 000-100-102-202-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  W.PX 8
Date: 1400 - 1000 BC
Between 1400 and 1000 BC
Material: Wood; oval bowl; cut from solid
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What: Bailer, boat
Subject: Fish processing (NMAS Classification)
Who:
Where: Scotland, Inverness-shire, North Uist, Grimsay
Event:
Description: Wooden boat bailer from a peat moss at Grimsay, North Uist, 1400 - 1000 BC
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