Hunterian Museum Object 105927: GLAHM:B.1914.662 - ARTEFACT, Broch of Warbuster, Tofts Farm, St. Ola, Orkney


Description

Description
whale bone pieces x 4; Animal bone, cream. This could be a whalebone shovel or mattock in fragments. NB From "Tofts, St. Ola" - the fragments of bone and stone implements suggest prehistoric site nearby - the label on one indicates that it is Tofts broch at HY/436094 (RCAHMS 1946, No.430). (EWM).
Object Number
GLAHM:B.1914.662
Object Name/Type(s)
artefact
Material
bone

Dimensions

Height
None recorded.
Width
None recorded.

Provenance & Acquisition

Collection / Collected By
None recorded.
Collection Method
None recorded.
Locality
Broch of Warbuster, Tofts Farm, St. Ola, Orkney, Scotland
Acquisition
Mr Andrew Henderson Bishop (Donor) 1914

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