Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label, affixed to object behind a metal frame, reads: 'Copy of an "Otter Trap" dug up by Mr. C. Pirrie in 1921 at Auquharney. Original in Marischal coll. Aberdeen. See Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot. 1923. IX 48'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Found by Charles Pirrie in a bog in 1921.
Event Date 1921
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Graham-Smith, G.S. (1923). 'On the Method Employed in using the So-Called "Otter or Beaver Traps". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 57. pp 48-54
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Other)
The original deer trap is held by the Marischal Museum, University of Aberdeen (ABDUA:17613). Their catalogue notes that it has been carbon dated to the 6th century AD.
Event Date 3/9/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Replica of a single valve 'otter trap' type deer trap. Original made from an alder trunk with trap of birch and the spring of willow
Event Date 3/9/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)