[{"id": 143452, "created": "2020-07-08T14:54:21.054967", "project_id": 456, "task_id": 84901, "user_id": 580, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2020-07-08T15:07:43.598860", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"NGR": "NT 121;845", "Site": "FIFE;PITREAVIE;MASTERTON", "CollHist": "National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, Edinburgh.\r\nEQ 639-642 (See \"Contents\" for individual Accession numbers)\r\nHistory\r\nDonated 1961-62 by the Forth Bridge Joint Board.", "Contents": "Metal\r\n(1) Flat dagger, damaged heel and tip, traces of 2 rivet-holes ; one loose plug rivet. Traces of a decomposed hilt, subsequently identified as of horn EQ 640\r\n(2) Fragment of a bronze knife-dagger EQ 641\r\n(3) Fragments of a pair of sheet bronze armlets, decorated EQ 649\r\nOther\r\n(4) Jet necklace of 67 fusiform and 91 small disc beads with a triangular toggle for fastening EQ 642", "comments": "", "ArchiveEtc": "Rec. S.H. 2.10.81.", "ContextType": "2a GRAVE / O", "BiblioSources": "(a) Henshall & Wallace (1962-63b) 145-154\r\n(b) Henshall (1968) 189-190, Fig 44, 10 a-e\r\n(c) Coles (1968-69) 89, 90, 100, (Analysis 98 F.6)\r\n(d) Gerloff (1975) 58 N\u00b0 70", "Circumstances": "Discovered in 1961 when a cist at Masterton, Pitreavie, Fife, was accidentally exposed during construction works preparing the approach road to the north side of the Forth Road Bridge. The cist, of unusually large size (5' 3\" x 3' 2\" and 2' 9\" deep) had been built in a pit a little more than 5ft deep, and was covered by two very large capstones. Over much of the floor of the cist was a black stain, and where there had been contact with metal some fibres were preserved. These were hairs from an ox or a bison and the black stain presumably represents a hide which had been laid on the floor of the cist. The only human remains surviving were some tiny fragments of oxide impregnated bone inside (3) and over (1) ; some crowns of teeth were found near the beads (4). Items (2-4) were found near the NE corner of the cist and the dagger (1) about half-way along the S. Wall. References (a-b) suggest that the grave goods, their position in the cist, and the unusual size of the cist, might indicate a double burial of a man and a woman.", "FindAltSiteRel": ""}}, {"id": 145747, "created": "2020-08-12T01:48:26.170406", "project_id": 456, "task_id": 84901, "user_id": 658, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2020-08-12T02:12:11.180982", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"NGR": "NT 121 845", "Site": "Fife, Pitreavie, Masterton", "CollHist": "Collection:\r\nNational Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, Edinburgh\r\nEQ 639-642 (See \"Contents\" for individual Accession numbers)\r\n\r\nHistory:\r\nDonated 1961-62 by the Forth Bridge Joint Board.\r\n", "Contents": "Metal:\r\n(1) Flat dagger, damaged heel and tip, traces of 23 rivet-holes; one loose pllug rivet. Traces of a \r\n      decomposed hilt, subsequently identified as of horn. EQ 640\r\n(2) Fragmenets of a bronze knife-dagger.   EQ 641\r\n(3) Fragments of a pair of sheet bronze armlets, decorated. EQ 649\r\n\r\nOther:\r\n(4) Jet necklace of 67 fusiform and 91 small disc beads with a triangular toggle for fastening. EQ 642", "comments": "", "ArchiveEtc": "Rec.: S.H. 2.10.81", "ContextType": "2a Grave/0", "BiblioSources": "(a) Henshall & Wallace (1962-63b) 145-154\r\n(b) Henshall (1968) 189-190, Fig. 44, 10a-e\r\n(c) Coles (1968-69) 89, 90, 100, (Analysis 98 F.6)\r\n(d) Gerloff (1975) 58 No. 70", "Circumstances": "     Discovered in 1961 when a cist at Masterton, Pitreavie, Fife, was accidentally exposed during construction works preparing the approach road to the north side of the Forth Road Bridge.The cist, of unusually large size (5'3\" x 3'2\" and 2'9\" deep) had been built in a pit a little more than 5 ft. deep, and was covered by two very large capstones. Over much of the floor of the cist was a black stain, and where there had been contact with metal some fibres were preserved. These were hairs from an ox or a bison and the black stain presumably represents a hide which had been laid on the floor of the cist. The only human remains surviving were some tiny fragments of oxide impregnated bone inside (3) and over (1); some crowns of teeth were found  near the beads (4). Items (2-4) were found near the NE corner of the cist and the dagger (1) about halfway along the S wall. References (a-b) suggest that the grave goods, their position in the cist, and the unusual size of the cist, might indicate a double burial of a man and a woman.", "FindAltSiteRel": ""}}]