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Telling a history of our world through objects

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  1. The Iolaire Disaster The Iolaire Disaster The Bell and Engine Plate recovered from the wreck of the HM Yacht Iolaire which sank early on January 1st, 1919. Contributed by Museum
  2. Orbost Quern Stone Orbost Quern Stone Our quern stone was found two years ago in my Dad's field. We think it is probably from the Iron Age.It was used to ... Contributed by Individual
  3. Axe Head Axe Head The axe head was found near Castle Sween, North Knapdale. It was made during the Neolithic period and is some 5000 years ... Contributed by Museum
  4. Pottery Vessal, Benderloch Urn Pottery Vessal, Benderloch Urn The pot is a type known to prehistoric pottery specialists as a carboned urn so called because of its decoration. This ... Contributed by Museum
  5. Shuna Sword Shuna Sword The Shuna Sword appears to have played a major part in a religious or spiritual ceremony - one of three such weapons ... Contributed by Museum
  6. Carved Standing Stone Carved Standing Stone This carved stone, although found in a burial cairn in Kilmartin Glen, probably long predates its use as a grave marker. ... Contributed by Museum
  7. Replica Copper Armlet Replica Copper Armlet A piece of adornment worn for show was a copper armlet, worn for many of the reasons people wear jewelry today. Contributed by Museum
  8. Copper Flat Axe & Bronze Flat Axe Copper Flat Axe & Bronze Flat Axe The first objects to be made of copper and bronze were axes, made in open stone moulds. Flat axes in Kilmartin have not ... Contributed by Museum
  9. Three Socketed Axe Heads Three Socketed Axe Heads The axes were not made in flat stone moulds as before but in two-peice clay moulds. Casting was not always succesful- ... Contributed by Museum
  10. Bronze Blade Bronze Blade The blade found at Loch Glasham is unusual as daggers and blades are relitivly comman in graves. It has been ... Contributed by Museum
  11. Replica Wooden Yoke Replica Wooden Yoke Little is known about the earliest farming implements used in Kilmartin, but a wooden yoke dated to 2000 BC survived in ... Contributed by Museum
  12. Scottish carved stone ball Scottish carved stone ball Carved stone balls are mysterious and uniquely Scottish objects. They are thought to date from the late Neolithic ... Contributed by Museum
  13. Maori Knife Maori Knife This Maori knife is thought to have been collected on one of Captain Cook's voyages during the 18th century. Many Maori ... Contributed by Museum
  14. Carved Stone Ball Carved Stone Ball The Carved Stone Balls are distinctly Scottish objects with the majority found in Aberdeenshire. However several have ... Contributed by Museum
  15. Bronze Age Bucket Bronze Age Bucket This is a rare example of an intact metal vessel of the Late Bronze Age. It would have been used at feasts. Hosting ... Contributed by Museum
  16. Ripple Flaked Arrowhead Ripple Flaked Arrowhead This is a special piece, probably owned by a rich powerful individual. Made in Yorkshire and ended up in Galloway ... Contributed by Museum
  17. Bronze Flat Axe Bronze Flat Axe This flat axe was found at Boreland Farm, Inch, Stranraer, these kind of axes are some of the earliest examples of metal ... Contributed by Museum
  18. Food Vessel Food Vessel This vessel was found in a burial chamber. It was most likely filled with food or drink for the afterlife. There has ... Contributed by Museum
  19. Tay log boat Tay log boat This log boat is a great example of how local people used the vast natural resources of the Tay Valley to improve their ... Contributed by Museum
  20. Strathmartine Pictish Sculptured Stone Strathmartine Pictish Sculptured Stone The Picts lived in Northern Britain, had their own distinct culture, and interacted with their contemporaries in Britain ... Contributed by Museum
  21. Bronze Age Cist Burial Bronze Age Cist Burial In January 1957 a ploughman struck a large stone with his plough. Looking under the stone he saw human bones. He had ... Contributed by Museum
  22. Beaker Beaker Bronze Age Beaker. The Beaker People, a little-known race of Bronze Age settlers, were buried alongside clay pots . Contributed by Museum
  23. Shetland knives Shetland knives 'Shetland knives' were made in the Early Neolithic from a special type of blue, blue-green and purple coloured felsite, ... Contributed by Museum
  24. Flint arrow head from Ullapool area Flint arrow head from Ullapool area it was used by the earliest farming communities in Britain.In the remote West highlands these were used up to ... Contributed by Individual

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