NMS Archaeology Object 172006: X.HRB 36 - End and side scraper
Description
Summary
Broken horseshoe scraper made on a retouched inner flake of flint, from Ardnave, Islay, Argyll
Accession Number
X.HRB 36
Other references
Publication Cat. No. 40 | 1980.738 F Ack 1980/82 |
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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. Flaked stone. Retouched pieces. Inner flake; white; corticated; stained; broken; segment of left side removed; diffuse bulb; blunt proximal; convex sides and distal giving a horseshoe plan; parallel invasive retouch around distal and right side; 37:30:10; l 28; r 70; p 66; d 57; broken horseshoe scraper. Layer 24. Ritchie, J N G, and Welfare, H G; PSAS, 113 (1983), pp 302 - 366, fig 11.
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
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Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)
Not recorded
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: 37488 | ISLAY, ARDNAVE - KILCHOMAN - ENCLOSURE (PERIOD UNASSIGNED), HUT CIRCLE (PREHISTORIC) | Definite | |
| NMS Accession Number: X.HRB 36 | No linked record | Identifier supplied by NMS |
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