End and side scraper

Description

Broken horseshoe scraper made on a retouched inner flake of flint, from Ardnave, Islay, Argyll

Museum reference

X.HRB 36

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

End and side scraper

Materials

Flint

Physical description

Flint, white; flaked, retouched; diffuse bulb, blunt proximal, convex sides and distal giving horseshoe plan, parallel invasive retouch around distal and right side; broken, segment of left side removed; corticated, stained

Collection place(s)

Ardnave, Islay, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe