Whetstone

Description

Whetstone, possibly from a Viking burial, from Eriskay, Inverness-shire

Museum reference

X.IL 328 A

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Whetstone

Style / Culture

Viking

Materials

Schist

Physical description

Fine-grained grey schist, rectangular, quadrangular section, well worn, slight damage to one end, iron corrosion staining on surface

Collection place(s)

Eriskay, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 40 (1905-06), 215, 347