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Keys with bow handles shaped like this were in common use around the 1400s.
Object number CAER125
This medieval axe head was recovered during excavations at Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries and Galloway, between 1955 and 1966.
Object number CAER137
Known as a bearded axe head, the splayed shape of this blade was designed to maximise the cutting edge and minimise the overall weight of the axe.
Object number CAER150
Of unknown function, this chain could have been used to suspend a cooking pot.
Object number CAER155
This birch wood comb was recovered from the moat during excavations at Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries and Galloway, between 1955 and 1966.
Object number CAER176
Decorated with embossed animals and foliage, possibly the cover for a small flask or vial.
Object number CAER423
This scabbard is made of leather, folded over and stitched along its edge.
Object number CAER456
This handled jug with a pinched spout was recovered from the moat during archaeological excavations at Caerlaverock castle between 1955 and 1966.
Object number CAER522
Object number CAER524
This handled jug with a pulled spout and strap handle was recovered from the moat during archaeological excavations at Caerlaverock castle between 1955 and 1966.
Object number CAER527
Knives were not just for cutting food but for eating it, too.
Object number CAER616
This wax seal is the common seal of the Chapter-Melrose and has been detached from a later 16th century document.
Object number MEL345
Made from cowhide, this shoe sole has an elongated toe.
Object number CAER317
Intertwining ribbons form the shape of this cross, echoing decoration from contemporary manuscripts like the Book of Kells.
Object number IONA068
The Latin inscription on this stone reads 'a prayer for the soul of Éogan'.
Object number IONA045
Inscribed ‘A prayer for the soul of Flann’, this may commemorate Flann mac Maíle-dúin, an abbot of Iona who died in 891.In three fragments.
Object number IONA046
Inscribed ‘A prayer for Loingsechán’, who was probably an abbot.
Object number IONA047
This horse harness pendant was probably part of a suite of similar items which decorated horse equipment including the cheekpiece, headband, reins, breastplate, or caparison.
Object number CAER032
It is likely that this sculpture featuring two lions side by side came from the foot of an effigy of high status at Melrose Abbey.
Object number MEL/o/6
This fragment of panel with its finely carved figures is likely to have formed part of a retable.
Object number MEL/o/10