Details

Object type

skaill knives

Place Associated

Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Coll, Hogh Bay (place found)

Date

Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, circa 3000-1500 BC

Materials

stone

Dimensions

overall: 211 g

Description

Two Skaill knives: one polished, and one unpolished. The polished one, which has been well-used, is of dark grey stone, and is polished all over one face. The unpolished one is of a dark red stone, and a section is missing from it at one side. Mann Collection.

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Mr Ludovic McLellan Mann, 1955

ID Number

ARCHNN.2396.[2]

Location

In storage