from Carn Liath, Golspie, Sutherland

Roughouts for bangles

These shale roughouts are remains of the process of making bangles. The various ways of making a bangle involved roughing out and finishing. These objects provide evidence of two methods used sometime between 200 BC and 400 AD.

In one method, a central hollow was created by cutting away a circular core, either straight away or after a part of the upper surface had been gouged off. In a second method, a small hole was gouged in the centre and then gradually enlarged.

Once cut, the bangles were finished with grinding, smoothing and polishing, and some were decorated. They would have resembled precious jet objects.

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Online ID:	000-190-004-079-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.GA 108
Date:	200 BC - 400 AD 200 BC - 400 AD 200 BC - 400 AD Between 200 BC and 400 AD
Material:	Shale Shale Shale Shale
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What:	Bangle Ring / disc / fragment Ring / disc / fragment Ring / disc / fragment
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Where:	Scotland, Sutherland, Golspie, Carn Liath Scotland, Sutherland, Golspie, Carn Liath Scotland, Sutherland, Golspie, Carn Liath Scotland, Sutherland, Golspie, Carn Liath
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Description:	Broken shale bangle with part-removed core, from Carn Liath, Golspie Fragment of a shale ring or disc, from Carn Liath, Golspie, Sutherland, 200 BC - 400 AD Fragment of a shale ring or disc, from Carn Liath, Golspie, Sutherland, 200 BC - 400 AD Fragment of a shale ring or disc, from Carn Liath, Golspie, Sutherland, 200 BC - 400 AD
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