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From Sollas, North Uist, Outer Hebrides

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000-100-103-153-C
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Bone

These animal bones were found at a wheelhouse at Sollas on North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. They have been split for marrow extraction sometime between 0 and 200 AD.

Bone split for marrow extraction, from Sollas, North Uist, 0 - 200 AD

The splitting of bones for marrow extraction was carried out throughout prehistory. Marrow was a valuable part of the diet.


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Online ID: 000-100-103-153-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.1997.103 D
Date: 0 - 200 AD
0 - 200 AD
0 - 200 AD
0 - 200 AD
Between 0 and 200 AD
Material: Bone; split
Bone; split
Bone; split
Bone; split
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Where: Scotland, Inverness-shire, North Uist, Sollas
Scotland, Inverness-shire, North Uist, Sollas
Scotland, Inverness-shire, North Uist, Sollas
Scotland, Inverness-shire, North Uist, Sollas
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  • Campbell, Ewan. Excavations of a wheelhouse and other Iron Age structures at Sollas, North Uist, by R J C Atkinson in 1957. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 121 (1991), 117-73. 
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