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Description

Bone toggle of 'napkin ring' shape, from a cist at Culduthel Mains, Highland, Early Bronze Age 2300-2000 BC

Museum reference

X.EQ 845

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

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Date

Early Bronze Age

Materials

Bone

Physical description

Bone; napkin ring shape; originally flanged at each end with a pair of central ribs and two or more loops, of which only one now survives; decorative dots around the exterior of the surviving flange and in between the ribs

Collection place(s)

Culduthel Mains, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

Highland HER Monument Record

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