Chisel of bronze

This bronze chisel was found at Adabrock on Lewis in the Outer Hebrides in a hoard of tools, weapons, vessel fragments and beads. It was either imported from Ireland or copied from examples originally made there between 950 and 750 BC.

The chisel has a socket, which would have had a wooden handle fitted into it.

Socketed chisels were specialised woodworking tools, and may have been the property of a specialist carpenter. The rest of the Adabrock hoard contains valuable tools, jewellery and other items, almost certainly deposited as a gift to the gods.

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Online ID:	000-100-034-626-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.DQ 214
Date:	Between 950 and 750 BC
Material:	Bronze
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What:	Chisel
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Where:	Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
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Description:	Bronze chisel from Adabrock, Lewis
References:	Coles, John M. Scottish late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 93 (1959-1960), pp 16-134, esp. pp 50-1, 127.
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