CT scan of the Cliftonville Witch Bottle
An interesting outing for our Curator Andy today!
Thanks to the wonderful team at Laurel Dental Practice in Margate we have been able to undertake a cone beam CT scan of the Cliftonville Witch Bottle, found by Randa Kerchef in her home in 2024.
The scan produced 532 DICOM files which James Elliott (https://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/people/james-elliot) at Canterbury Christ Church University will now interrogate to strip away the external layers of the pot.
This should hopefully reveal more details of the bottles contents!
Randa has now taken back possession of the witch bottle, with the aim of finding a place to display it locally in Margate.
Stay tuned for more details of the CT scan and hopefully details of where you can view the bottle in person!
You can read the full PAS record for the bottle here - https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1196307
The work carried out on the Witch Bottle has been a true showcase of partnership working by the society.
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