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Pounder

Description

Stone pounder

Museum reference

X.HRB 42

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Pounder

Materials

Stone

Physical description

Stone, medium grain; circular, flattened cross-section; damage (blunted around circumference by pecking, in places producing slight faceting on either side with a blunt ridge on the edge, this ridge undamaged in some areas); stained

Collection place(s)

Ardnave, Islay, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

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