Dalvaird Moss
Bowl (Wood)
Site Name Dalvaird Moss
Classification Bowl (Wood)
Canmore ID 78979
Site Number NX47SW 10
NGR NX 40 72
NGR Description NX c.40 72
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Minnigaff
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX47SW 10 c.40 72
RMS ME70 'rude wooden vessel....from Dalvaird Moss, Glenluce'.
NMAS 1892.
Bowl with vertically-set loop handle, held in the National Museum of Scotland under accession numbers NMS SFA 6 and ME 70. Dated by radiocarbon to 265 +/- 70 ad (OxA-2414).
C Earwood 1993.
Held in store at the Royal Museum of Scotland under accession number NMS SFA 6 (having formerly been numbered ME 70) there is a wooden bowl (or 'cup') which was found 'under a large wooden dish' (which does not appear to survive) in Dalvaird Moss. It has a vertically-set handle and is of similar form to one of those from Ardgour (NM96SE 6). It has been dated by radiocarbon to 265 ? 70 ad (OxA-2414), which determination may be calibrated to between about 339 and 372 cal AD.
PSAS 1873; G F Black 1894; S Maxwell 1953; C Earwood 1990; R E M Hedges, R A Housley, C R Bronk and G J van Klinken 1991; C Earwood 1993; B A Crone 1993; R J C Mowat 1996.
