Geoff Bailey introduces the Denny Bow (1300BC)

Museums are about objects and what these objects tell us about past ways of life. Geoff Bailey, archaeologist and curator, introduces the new exhibition at Callendar House.

In this clip, Geoff tells us a little about a magnificent oak bow that was found during the construction of a water plant in the Carron valley just west of Denny in 1889. The Denny Bow has been dated by radiocarbon assay to 1300BC, placing it in the transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age in this part of the world.

This exhibition at Callendar House features just two handfuls of objects – well 10½ to be exact. It is Geoff's personal choice and someone else undertaking the task would undoubtedly make a different selection. What would you choose? Exhibition opens 26th January until 4th May 2019.