from Carn Liath, Golspie, Sutherland
000-190-004-079-C
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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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000-190-004-079-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: 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
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| 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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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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