TY - JOUR AU - Louise Baker AU - Alison Sheridan AU - Trevor Cowie AU - K Aheuser AU - E Cameron AU - S Chambers AU - M Davis AU - D Henderson AU - C Heron AU - P Northover AU - B O'Connor AU - H Redvers-Jones PY - 2004/11/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - An Early Bronze Age 'dagger grave' from Rameldry Farm, near Kingskettle, Fife JF - Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland JA - PSAS VL - 133 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - 10.9750/PSAS.133.85.123 UR - http://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/psas/article/view/9576 AB - In February 2000, ploughing disturbed the capstone of a cist, located on the side of a prominent knowe at Rameldry Farm, near Kingskettle in central Fife. Excavation by Headland Archaeology Ltd on behalf of Historic Scotland revealed a short cist which contained the crouched inhumation of a man aged 40–50, who had suffered from arthritis, some tooth loss and possibly Paget’s Disease. He had been buried wearing a garment adorned with six V-perforated buttons. Five of these are of Whitby jet (including one with unique decoration including inlaid tin); the sixth is of the mineral lizardite, and has an enigmatic coating, possibly a glaze. Behind his shoulder was a dagger, of ‘Milston type (East Kennet variant)’; it had had a fancy horn hilt and a scabbard lined with animal skin. The scabbard yielded two AMS radiocarbon dates, with a mean value of 2280–1970 calBC at 2s. ER -