Site: 40 and 44 High Street, Dunbar
County: East Lothian
Present location: National Museums Scotland?
Textile 1
Preservation type: mineralised
Dimensions: not given
Material: wool?
Technique: woven
Structure: uncertain
Warp/weft can be identified: no
| System A | System B | |
| Spin direction | Z-spun singles | Z-spun singles |
| Twist angle (deg) | Uncertain | Uncertain |
| Diameter | Uncertain | Uncertain |
| Ends/cm | Uncertain | Uncertain |
Description: traces of textile found on iron brooch (SF 13). The textile fibres were hollow casts but the appearance and diameter range (15-42 microns) suggested wool.
Textile finish: none stated
Selvedge: not present
Starting border: not present
Ending border: not present
Damage/Wear: none stated
Additions/Alterations: none stated
Context: Cist burial with two nearly complete individuals. This textile is associated with Burial 1040 (adult, indeterminate sex).
Dating: radiocarbon dates from a sample of human bone gave a date range of 160-130 BCE, 120 BCE-50 CE (95% confidence).
Reference:
Walton Rogers, P. 2016. Textiles from the Iron Age cist grave, in Roy, M., Hunter, F., Walton Rogers, P., Ives, R., Evans, J., Pashley, V., Roberts, J., Hall, D. An Iron Age burial with weapons, on a site with evidence of medieval and post-medieval occupation from Dunbar, East Lothian. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 145, pp. 191–192. doi: 10.9750/PSAS.145.177.212.
Textile 2
Preservation type: preserved organic?
Dimensions: not given
Material: plant
Technique: woven
Structure: uncertain
Warp/weft can be identified: no
| System A | System B | |
| Spin direction | Uncertain | Uncertain |
| Twist angle (deg) | Uncertain | Uncertain |
| Diameter | Uncertain | Uncertain |
| Ends/cm | Uncertain | Uncertain |
Description: traces of textile found on iron shank (SF 37). Spin and weave could not be recorded. Fibre diameter was about 10 microns. When viewed under polarised light they had faint cross-markings, suggesting a plant material.
Textile finish: none stated
Selvedge: not present
Starting border: not present
Ending border: not present
Damage/Wear: none stated
Additions/Alterations: none stated
Context: Cist burial with two nearly complete individuals. This textile is associated with Burial 1040 (adult, indeterminate sex).
Dating: radiocarbon dates from a sample of human bone gave a date range of 160-130 BCE, 120 BCE-50 CE (95% confidence).
Reference:
Walton Rogers, P. 2016. Textiles from the Iron Age cist grave, in Roy, M., Hunter, F., Walton Rogers, P., Ives, R., Evans, J., Pashley, V., Roberts, J., Hall, D. An Iron Age burial with weapons, on a site with evidence of medieval and post-medieval occupation from Dunbar, East Lothian. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 145, pp. 191–192. doi: 10.9750/PSAS.145.177.212.
Ancient Textile Craft 
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