
Illuminating Islamic glass in Scotland
The three fragments of an Islamic glass vessel were found in the late 1990s at Caerlaverock Castle, near Dumfries.

The three fragments of an Islamic glass vessel were found in the late 1990s at Caerlaverock Castle, near Dumfries.

Discovered at Caerlaverock Castle, the glass fragments are believed to have been part of a vessel made in modern-day Syria, Iraq, or Egypt during the late medieval period.