Bos Longifrons tooth, Dundee

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Celtic shorthorn tooth, Late Bronze Age 2,750 years ago
Bos longifrons

Field collection: Chance find,Courier building extension, Meadowside, Dundee. Exact level of tree bed, buried 18' 0" (5.49m) below surface.

Donated by Charles Maxwell
Museum number 1959-516

The Celtic shorthorn is a now extinct native breed that is smaller than modern cattle, but is probably an ancestor.

Both the male and female had horns. Cattle were synonymous with wealth in the Iron Age and were moved to fortified enclosures in times of trouble.

Bos Longifrons tooth, Dundee
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