Sculpted stone

Description

Implement of schist, from Quoyness chambered cairn, Sanday, Orkney, Late Neolithic, 3100 - 2500 BC

Museum reference

X.EO 134

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Sculpted stone

Date

Late Neolithic

Materials

Schist

Physical description

Schist, dark; three pointed; two grooves round central ridge opposite the longest of its three projections

Collection place(s)

Quoyness, Els Ness, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe

Links to other web pages

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