Summary

Pottery wall sherd, from Knowe of Sunloft, Westray, Orkney

Accession Number

X.HR 1268

Other references

Original description

COLLECTIONS FROM REFUSE HEAPS. Wall sherd, outside decorated with deeply incised slanting lines, inside striated; sandy ware with fine outer surface, dull red with grey core, .3" thick. From Knowe of Sunloft, Westray, Orkney.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Knowe of Sunloft, Westray, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1870

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

G. Petrie

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

None