Note
Date 2020
Event ID 1126397
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1126397
Sand Fiold
This burial site in Orkney Islands was a focus for funerary practices in the Neolithic/Bronze Age period, between 2900 BC and 801 BC.
Prehistoric Grave Goods project site ID: 60173
CANMORE ID: 1689
Total no. graves with grave goods: 1
Total no. people with grave goods: 3
Total no. grave goods: 5
Prehistoric Grave Goods project Grave ID: 60063
Grave type: Cist
Burial type(s): Cremation, Inhumation, Cremation
Grave good: Pot
Materials used: Pottery
Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Floral Offering
Materials used: Organic (Uncertain/Unspecified)
Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Basket
Materials used: Textile
Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Wrap
Materials used: Textile
Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Lid
Materials used: Slate
Current museum location: Unknown
Further details, the full project database and downloads of project publications can be found here: https://doi.org/10.5284/1052206
An accessible visualisation of the database can be found here: http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/grave-goods/map/