Iron Age Scotland: Clachtoll Broch
The Ancients
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The Iron Age Lighting Set
The iron age lighting set, particularly the small matchsticks are brilliant examples of how even the smallest artifacts can reveal so much. And within these illuminated parts of Clachte-Ole-Brouch, one activity that we know would have been going on here in iron age times was the production of textiles. What's also really interesting is this antler comb which has a long handle and lots of little indentations from wool being rubbed onto it. It gives us a lovely insight into how these were being used. We've also got a number of pins from the site but they don't survive very well because metals often don't survive well in archaeological soils.
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