Find Spot record 621 - ERISKAY

NF71SE 5 unlocated.

A bone object, found in Eriskay, Outer Hebrides was donated to the NMAS by Dugald MacMillan postmaster, Eriskay. It measures " 1 5/8 inch in length, tapering from 13/16 inch to 11/16 inch in breadth, and 5/16 inch in thickness, with two projections at one end perforated as for a hinge, and a deep transverse groove at the other end, the projecting parts above and below thus formed perforated vertically in two places as if to receive the end of a strap."
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1925.

Dugald Macmillan died many years ago; no further information
Visited by OS (E G C) 18 May 1965.

EF 40: This bone object could be prehistoric, also later dates are also possible.
Impact Description: The location of this find spot is unclear, and it is not known whether it coud be affected.
(Babtie Group, 1999)

PSAS, 1924-5, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 13 (Bibliographic reference). SWE8049.