Appendix 2: the fragment of Early Bronze Age faience quoit bead or pendant from the Craw Stane complex

This item (SF219) was found in the fill of an early medieval enclosure ditch (C297) but is clearly residual, as it is unquestionably of Early Bronze Age date.It is a fragment of a quoit-shaped bead or pendant of faience with a triangular-section hoop, measuring 16.1mm in length, 6.65mm in maximum thickness and 7mm in the width of the hoop (ie, from inner to outer edge) (Illus A2.1 and A2.2). Just under a quarter of the circumference of the bead is present; the estimated diameters of the outside of the hoop and of the hole are c 23.5mm and c 11mm respectively. The surviving part of the hole shows that the edge of the hole slopes slightly. The hole will have been made by wrapping faience paste around a small stick, then removing the stick once the paste had dried and the bead was ready to be fired.