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Stone pounder.

Large stone pounder. From a grave in Orkney, 1929.

Pounder made from part of the rib of a whale. From Broch of Breckness, Stromness. July 1929.

Flint net sinker or "plumb" stone.

Stone sinker. Found on a site of an old house at Evie, Orkney 1800.

Polished stone celt.

Small stone celt or adze head.

Original catalogue entry: Part of a stone hammer head. Found at bottom of second peat in Harray Hills, Orkney. HAW identified object as a centrally perforated ellipsoid macehead fragment.

Stone pestle and mortar. From "Outbrecks" Stenness, Ireland, Orkney.

Stone loom weight or net sinker. Circular, with hole in centre.