Roughouts for bangles

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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: National Museums Scotland
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• 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
  Bangle
  Ring / disc / fragment
  Ring / disc / fragment
  Ring / disc / fragment
  
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• What: Bangle
  Ring / disc / fragment
  Ring / disc / fragment
  Ring / disc / fragment
  
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• Who:
• 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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