Sculpted stone

Description

A square-sectioned stone with four diamond shaped faces, each with incised lattice or triangle decoration, used as an anvil and hammerstone, from Skara Brae, Mainland, Orkney

Museum reference

X.HA 709

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Sculpted stone

Date

Late Neolithic

Materials

Stone

Collection place(s)

Skara Brae, Skaill, Sandwick, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe

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Sculpted stone

Description

Museum reference

Collection

Object name

Date

Materials

Collection place(s)

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