Accession No

1951.1056 A


Description

Eight beach pebbles, some possibly used as hammerstones.


Place

Europe; British Isles; Scotland; Argyll and Bute; Kerrera; Ardentrive


Period

?Bronze Age ?Neolithic ?Mesolithic


Source

Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1951.1056 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Collected by T.C. Lethbridge from a small rock shelter on the top of the 25 ft raised beach.
Event Date 1945
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1950). Herdsmen and Hermits: Celtic Seafarers in the Northern Seas. Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes. pp. 7-9
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1951.1056 [A-D]: 'Beach pebbles, possibly used as "limpet hammers", flint chips and a knife and frgments of Arran pitchstone.'
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (Analysis)
Possibly used as 'limpet hammers'.
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
Scott, L. (1951). 'The Colonisation of Scotland in the Second Millennium B.C.' Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 17(1). pp. 42 & 73
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (Physical description)
Record for 1951.1056 [A-D]: 'Beach pebbles, used as ?limpet hammers; flint flakes etc; fragments of Arran pitchstone; worked stone and flint tools, one rounded stone - possible hammerstone'
Event Date 11/07/1991
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Eight beach pebbles, some possibly used as hammerstones.
Event Date 27/3/2023
Author: Imogen Gunn


FM:41097

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