NMS Archaeology Object 172012: X.HRB 42 - Pounder
Description
Summary
Stone pounder
Accession Number
X.HRB 42
Other references
Publication Cat. No. 46 | 1980.744 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. Coarse stone tools. Stone pounders. Medium grain; circular; flattened cross section; stained; 645.6 g; 106:104:39. Damage: blunted around the entire circumference by pecking, average thickness of pecked band 15; in places this has produced slight faceting on either side with a blunt ridge on the edge, in some areas where the facets have not met, this central ridge is completely undamaged. Detached floor level. Ritchie, J N G, and Welfare, H G; PSAS, 113 (1983), pp 302 - 366, fig 13.
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
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 42 | No linked record | Identifier supplied by NMS |
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