NMS Archaeology Object 159314: X.HPO 305 - Strike-a-light Grinder
Description
Summary
Tracked quartz pebble used as a strike-a-light and as a grinder, from Dunadd
Accession Number
X.HPO 305
Other references
Register Number Original Loan Number range | X.1945.505 Q.L.P.1 - Q.L.P.275 |
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Original description
POLTALLOCH COLLECTION. Presented to the nation by Colonel George I. Malcolm of Poltalloch, Kilmartin, Lochgilphead, Argyll. Tracked stone-quartz pebble strike-a-light, grooved on both faces.
Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)
Poltalloch Collection
Discovery / field collection
Date of discovery
Not recorded
Method (e.g. excavation)
Not recorded
Place (i.e. location of discovery)
Dunadd, Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe
Acquisition
Acquisition date
1945-06-06
Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)
Colonel George I. Malcolm of Poltalloch
Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)
Donor
Image
None
Identifiers and Links to Other Records
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Identifier / External Link | Linked Record | Status | Comment |
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Canmore Site Id: 39564 | DUNADD - KILMICHAEL GLASSARY - CUP MARKED ROCK (PREHISTORIC), FORT (EARLY MEDIEVAL), OGHAM INSCRIBED ROCK (EARLY MEDIEVAL), WELL (PERIOD UNKNOWN), CARVED STONE BALL (NEOLITHIC) | Definite | |
NMS Accession Number: X.HPO 305 | No linked record | Identifier supplied by NMS |
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