Limpet hammer

Description

Stone limpet hammer from Ardnave, Islay

Museum reference

X.HRB 50

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Limpet hammer

Materials

Stone

Physical description

Stone, fine grain; ogival, elongated oval; damage (narrow end blunted with small flakes removed on either face across its width, broader end had small areas of pecking and isolated flakes)

Collection place(s)

Ardnave, Islay, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe