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Category Archives: Stone tools

  1. Rotary Querns and Stone Weights

    Rotary querns and stone weights were the most common finds at the excavation of an Iron Age homestead at Black Spout, Perth and Kinross. They were all made from the locally available garnetiferous schist. For more information go to www.pkht.org.uk/Projects/Black-Spout-Homestead-Pitlochry/  

    By Ann – January 13, 2010

  2. Stone tools from Orkney and Shetland

    Coarse stone tools are frequent finds at prehistoric sites in Orkney and Shetland. A whole range of tools was made and used for diverse jobs such as butchering, flint knapping, craft work, agriculture, storage and food processing. These stone assemblages are often large, dominated by particular tool types and are found at many different types of site [...]

    By Ann – November 2, 2009

  3. Odds and sods

    By Ann – October 28, 2009

  4. Making stone tools

     

    By Ann – October 12, 2009