bead
Description
Summary: 1 segmented bone bead or toggle with a large hollow centre found with a primary cremation in the bronze age disc barrow, Bishops Cannings G11 or 12, excavated by William Cunnington
Research results
A Bronze Age bone bead or toggle found with a primary cremation in Disc Barrow Bishops Cannigns G11 or G12, excavated in the early 19th century by William Cunnington. Bone toggles are known in a variety of forms and when buried with an inhumation are often found near the lower arm near a stone bracer, suggesting a possible link between the two, however, this toggle comes from a later cremation grave, and will probably have had a different use.
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