Note
Date 2020
Event ID 1126890
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1126890
Knowes of Trotty
This burial site in Orkney Islands was a focus for funerary practices in the Bronze Age period, between 2200 BC and 1501 BC.
Prehistoric Grave Goods project site ID: 60024
CANMORE ID: 2035
Total no. graves with grave goods: 1
Total no. people with grave goods: 1
Total no. grave goods: 8
Prehistoric Grave Goods project Grave ID: 60008
Grave type: Cist
Burial type(s): Cremation
Grave good: Bead(s)
Materials used: Amber
Current museum location: National Museum of Scotland
Museum accession no.: X.EQ 130
Grave good: Disc
Materials used: Gold
Current museum location: National Museum of Scotland
Museum accession no.: X.EQ 129
Grave good: Disc
Materials used: Gold
Current museum location: National Museum of Scotland
Museum accession no.: X.EQ 128
Grave good: Disc
Materials used: Gold
Current museum location: National Museum of Scotland
Museum accession no.: X.EQ 126
Grave good: Disc
Materials used: Gold
Current museum location: National Museum of Scotland
Museum accession no.: X.EQ 127
Grave good: Necklace
Materials used: Amber
Current museum location: National Museum of Scotland
Museum accession no.: X.EQ 130
Grave good: Lozenge
Materials used: Gold
Current museum location: National Museum of Scotland
Grave good: Pendant
Materials used: Amber
Current museum location: National Museum of Scotland
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/
