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Prehistoric wooden bowl
Approximately half of a large shallow bowl, carved by hand rather than turned. The external surface has been finished off well and has few toolmarks apart form lon cut lines immediately up against the underside of the rim. Traces of a narrow chisel blade are visable on the internal surface. One complete cylindrial haol has been drillled just below the rim.The function of broad, shallow bowls of this type could include the separation of cream from milk, the preparation of solid foods or kneading dough. Parallels can be found from Glastonbury Lake Village and Wookey Hole.
Alder wood bowl, 400-100 BCE. Found at Breiddin hillfort, Welshpool, mid-Wales.
This fragile wooden bowl is a rare survival from the Middle Iron Age. It was discovered by archaeologists preserved in waterlogged state at the base of an in-filled water tank during excavations at the Breiddin hillfort, near Welshpool in mid Wales. This large shallow bowl is of alder wood and was carved. It was possibly used for cream separation or solid food preparation.
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Site Name: The Breidden Hillfort, Criggion
Notes: Excavated by the Clwyd-Powys Arch. Trust. Context B6436.
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