Description: A well-made small stone bowl, oval in shape and measuring 100mm x 400mm. It still has its original paper label from the excavation and the date of its discovery – 1919. Origin: The bowl was found during the excavation of the Iron Age hill fort at...
Description: A clay mould used to cast spear-butts. A spear-butt was made of metal and was placed over the end of the wooden shaft of the spear to give it extra strength. Two moulds for the manufacture of knobbed spear-butts were found at Dunagoil of two different...
Object: TweezersDate: Iron AgeDescription: Bronze tweezers 430mm x 50mm from the Fort at Dunagoil.Origin: Found during the excavation of the Iron Age hill fort at Dunagoil, at the south end of Bute.Excavations took place between 1913-15 and 1919 under the direction of...
Object: Photo Archive Date: 19th century Description : St Blane’s Chapel photographed before the restoration work undertaken by the 3rd Marquess of Bute (P03-3573, B29.022)
Object: Crucible Date: Early medieval Description: A small clay crucible used for metal working, perhaps for casting bronze brooches. The crucible is complete and dates from about the 9th century AD Origin: It was one of the objects found at St Blane's Church when the...
Object: Axe Mould Date: Bronze Age Description: Two fragments of a clay mould for the production of socketed axes. When complete this mould would have been a two-piece form, which could be reused. The mould would have produced a wide-splayed axe with a ribbed design,...
Object: Oil Painting of St Blane's Chapel Date: 19th c Description: This oil over pencil painting was done by Horatio McCulloch (1805-1867) who was one of Scotland’s best-known Victorian landscape painters. He visited Bute in the early 1830s. It is probable that he...
Object: Weight Date: Viking Description: Small lead weight, which has been recycled from a Viking brooch. The top of the weight is a section cut from a Viking Tortoise brooch. This type of weight was made in Scandinavia. Origin: Found in one of two longhouses, the...
Date: Iron Age Description: Carved bone whistle, decorated with incised dots and circles. The whistle is 10.5 cms long and is only hollowed out for approximately 3cms of its length. Many objects made from antler and bone came from the same site and include tools and...