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View full screenWhetstone of 'verde antico', found near the ruins of St Salvador Chapel, Shapinsay, Orkney, 800 - 1250 AD
X.AL 20
800 - 1250
Verde antico; perforated at one end
St Salvador's Chapel, Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe
Maldonado, A. 2021. Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom. Edinburgh: National Museums Scotland.
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Loch Linnhe turbine, the world's first moored tidal stream kinetic energy conversion turbine for electricity generation, tested at Corran Narrows, Loch Linnhe from August 1993 till June 1994, designed by Peter Fraenkel of Marine Current Turbines Ltd, Stoke Gifford and manufactured by Powerstream plc, Launceston and G.P. Electronics, Bovey Tracey, 1992 - 1993