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Macehead

Description

Macehead of coarse-grained dark grey and white stone, Orkney pestle type, from West Loch Tarbert Hotel, Argyll

Museum reference

X.AH 245

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Macehead

Materials

Stone

Physical description

Stone, dark grey and white, coarse-grained; pestle-shaped

Collection place(s)

West Loch Tarbert Hotel, Kilmaconell, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

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Canmore Site Record

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Specimen / iron ore / pig-iron / smelting / sample / coal, parro Specimen / iron ore / pig-iron / smelting / sample / coal, parro

One of a group of specimens illustrating iron ores and the smelting of pig-iron - a sample of junction of parrot coal and lower band ironstone, in three pieces

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