Axe haft

Description

Wooden axe haft, of Hawthorn, with a notched butt which has an oval opening for an axe head, from peat cutting at Shulishader, Stornoway, Lewis, 3495 - 2910 BC

Museum reference

X.AF 1097.2

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Axe haft

Date

Neolithic

Materials

Wood

Physical description

Wood; notched butt with oval opening

Collection place(s)

Shulishader, Stornoway, Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Collector: Mr and Mrs MacMillan

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

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