Summary

Pottery rim sherd, from Ardnave, Islay, Argyll

Accession Number

X.HRB 16

Other references

Original description

The finds from excavations at Ardnave, Islay carried out in 1979 - 80 under the direction of Dr J N G Ritchie and Mr H G Welfare. Pottery. Rimsherd, the interior vertical section slightly concave and the angle at the junction with the body just preserved, the outer surface badly damaged; the rim edge has an external bevel and narrow internal bevel. Decoration is by neat jabs or short incised lines, slanting across the bevels to form herringbone, seemingly in slanting rows outside, in rows of vertical and slanting crossing lines inside. Buff fabric with sparse but relatively large grits, laminating especially on building rings. Layer 12. Ritchie, J N G, and Welfare, H G; PSAS, 113 (1983), pp 302 - 366, figs 8 - 10.

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)

Ardnave, Islay, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

Not recorded

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Not recorded

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

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