Notes: (2) A Late Bronze Age 'Razor' from Orkney

Cecily Margaret Piggott (Author)


Keywords:
Burial, Cremated Bone, Mound, Stone Cist, Wooden Sheath
Location(s):
Laughton's Knowe, Holm, Orkney, Scotland, UK
Period(s):
Late Bronze Age, Prehistoric

Abstract


The "razor" was encased in the remains of a wooden sheath overlaid by cremated bone within a stone cist which is thought to be a secondary burial in an earlier mound.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.081.173

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Published
30-11-1949
How to Cite
Piggott, C. M. (1949). Notes: (2) A Late Bronze Age ’Razor’ from Orkney. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 81, 173. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.081.173
Issue
Vol. 81 (1949)
Section
Articles
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.081.173