The Dalgety bone bead is a square sectioned, burnt bone fragment with a perforated hollow through the middle.[1][2]

Dalgety bone bead
MaterialBone
CreatedBronze Age
DiscoveredDalgety, Fife, Scotland by Trevor Watkins

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 measures 32mm (oxidisation means the original length is unknown) and is suggested to date to the Bronze Age.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Margaret Ponting (13 February 2003). "Megalithic Callanish". In Clive Ruggles (ed.). Records in Stone: Papers in Memory of Alexander Thom. Cambridge University Press. pp. 423–441. ISBN 978-0-521-53130-6. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  2. ^ Council for British Archaeology. Scottish Regional Group (1973). Discovery and excavation in Scotland. Scottish Regional Group, Council for British Archaeology. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  3. ^ Trevor Watkins. "The excavation of an Early Bronze Age cemetery at Barns Farm, Dalgety, Fife.". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 112, 118-141. Illus. Fig.19 and Pl.9b.