Material | Bone |
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Created | Bronze Age |
Discovered | Dalgety, Fife, Scotland by Trevor Watkins |
The Dalgety bone bead is a square sectioned, burnt bone fragment with a perforated hollow through the middle.[1][2]
It was found during archaeological excavations at Barns Farm, Dalgety, Fife, Scotland, in the context of an Early Bronze Age grave. The grave contained a single inhumed body in a coffin, accompanied by remains of three cremations. The bone bead was found amongst the burnt bone fragments of one of the cremations.[3] It has been suggested to form part of a prehistoric measuring rod and tangible evidence of the megalithic yard.[1] It measures 32mm and is suggested to date to the Bronze Age.[1]