Decorated Slate (Front & Back) RCAHMS
A 53629
Description Decorated Slate (Front & Back) RCAHMS
Date 1987
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number A 53629
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 375344, SC 2261411
Scope and Content Slate motif-piece, Dunadd, Argyll and Bute The fort at Dunadd occupies a rocky crag rising steeply from the surrounding valley floor, once protected on nearly all sides by marshland. Dunadd was an important centre of power in Dalriada, the Kingdom of the Scots. Etched onto this piece of slate are pieces of intricate knotwork, a rosette and some animals. These carvings probably represent a craftsman's practice sketches before working on a mould. Finds from the excavations indicate that high quality metal working was being carried out at Dunadd. Fragments of several hundred crucible moulds to cast bronze jewellery have been recovered. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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