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...
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...