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Pottery / pot

Description

Ovoid pottery vessel, from Unival chambered cairn, North Uist, Western Isles

Museum reference

X.EO 853

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Pottery / pot

Materials

Ceramic

Physical description

Ceramic, reddish grey fabric, soot encrusted, rather rough;intact; with hollow neck and round everted rim which is chipped; decorated with rous of short vertical jabs on neck andupper part of body

Collection place(s)

Uineabhal, North Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Links to other web pages

Canmore

Scheduled Monument Record

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