Triangles: 3M
Vertices: 1.5M
More model informationThis decorated stone was found at Skara Brae, Orkney. It is elaborately decorated with incised geometric designs, but served a practical function as a hammerstone and anvil for flintworking. It dates from the late Neolithic (c.3200-2400 cal BC).
Dimensions: c100mm
Accession No: NMS X.HA 709
Materials: Camptonite
This model was produced by Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark for a Leverhulme Trust funded project ‘Working stone, making communities: technology and identity on prehistoric Orkney’ Directed by Prof Mark Edmonds, University of York.
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