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Lamps, spindle whorls, whetstone and disc

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from Dun Telve broch, Glenelg, Inverness-shire

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000-190-004-081-C
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Lamps, spindle whorls, whetstone and disc

These steatite lamps and spindle whorls, and stone whetstone and perforated disc are some of the finds from excavations at Dun Telve broch at Glenelg in Inverness-shire. The broch was used between 200 BC and 400 AD.

The lamps with small handles were hollowed from local steatite. They would have been filled with oil on which wicks floated. The spindle whorls were decorated with dots and incised lines. They were used with a spindle to spin wool into yarn.

Brochs were generally made of two concentric dry stone walls which had stairs within them leading to galleries at upper levels. The central area was either roofed or left open. Finds such as these show that they were used as houses, not simply refuges.


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Online ID: 000-190-004-081-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.GA 987
Date: 200 BC - 400 AD
200 BC - 400 AD
200 BC - 400 AD
Between 200 BC and 400 AD
Material: Clay and slate; oblong; bevelled
Schist, micaceous; perforated
Steatite; decorated with punctulations
Steatite; handled
Steatite; lenticular; with incised line around
Steatite; small; handled
Dimensions: 115mm x 88mm D
36mm D
42mm D
65 mm D; handle 43 mm W x 23 mm L
74mm x 37mm
85 mm D; handle 35 mm x 28 mm L
What: Disc
Lamp
Lamp
Sharpening stone
Whorl
Whorl
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Where: Scotland, Inverness-shire, Glenelg
Scotland, Inverness-shire, Glenelg
Scotland, Inverness-shire, Glenelg
Scotland, Inverness-shire, Glenelg
Scotland, Inverness-shire, Glenelg
Scotland, Inverness-shire, Glenelg
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Description: Steatite lamp from Dun Telve, Glenelg, Inverness-shire
Steatite lamp from Dun Telve, Glenelg, Inverness-shire
Disc
Whorl of steatite from Glenelg, Inverness-shire, 200 BC - 400 AD
Whorl of steatite from Glenelg, Inverness-shire, 200 BC - 400 AD
Sharpening stone of clay-slate from Glenelg, Inverness-shire, 200 BC - 400 AD
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