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Pots from Midhowe Broch, Rousay, Orkney

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Pots from Midhowe Broch, Rousay, Orkney

These ceramic pots and stone lid were found at Midhowe Broch on Rousay in Orkney. They are examples of the types of cooking and storage equipment used in broch settlements between 200 BC and 400 AD.

Portion of the rim and wall of a pot of sandy buff-coloured fabric, from Midhowe Broch, Rousay, Orkney

Although brochs were defensive structures, finds of everyday activity, such as these pots, show that they were meant to be lived in, rather than simply refuges in times of trouble.


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Online ID: 000-000-136-621-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0035: Early Scottish Shelter - Life in the Prehistoric Home (multimedia essay)
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.GAM 159
Date: Between 200 BC and 400 AD
Material: Ceramic
Ceramic
Ceramic
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Ceramic
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Ceramic
Dimensions: 9.70" H x 8.00" est D
What: Pot / portion
Pottery / sherd
Pottery / sherd, rim
Pottery / sherd, rim
Pottery / sherd, rim
Pottery / sherd, rim
Pottery / sherd, rim
Pottery / sherd, rim
Pottery / sherd, rim
Pottery / sherd, rim
Subject: Pottery
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Where: Scotland, Orkney, Rousay, Midhowe
Scotland, Orkney, Rousay, Midhowe
Scotland, Orkney, Rousay, Midhowe
Scotland, Orkney, Rousay, Midhowe
Scotland, Orkney, Rousay, Midhowe
Scotland, Orkney, Rousay, Midhowe
Scotland, Orkney, Rousay, Midhowe
Scotland, Orkney, Rousay, Midhowe
Scotland, Orkney, Rousay, Midhowe
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Description: Pottery / sherd, rim
Pottery / sherd, rim
Pottery / sherd, rim
Pottery / sherd, rim
Pottery / sherd, rim
Pottery / sherd, rim
Pottery / sherd, rim
Pottery / sherd, rim
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