Summary

Pottery rim sherd, from Ardnave, Islay, Argyll

Accession Number

X.HRB 18

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 with internal bevel; the bevel decorated with two rows of wide triangular impressions showing traces of whipped cord; the outside decorated by fine whipped cord impressions, with a row of smudged dots above a row of herringbone followed by horizontal lines. Hard fairly heavily gritted fabric, brown slip outside. Unstratified. 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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