Knife of Irish flint

This flint knife was deposited with flint arrowheads, other knives and pottery in a chambered cairn at Giants' Grave at Whiting Bay on Arran. It is one of a number of imported Irish flint objects found in Scotland.

The knife was made by careful retouching of the upper surface of a broad, curving flake of flint from County Antrim in Ireland.

Close links existed between Scotland and Ireland from at least the time of the first farming communities. People, objects and ideas flowed across the sea in both directions. Antrim flint is of very good quality, and was imported into southwest Scotland.

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Online ID:	000-100-035-282-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.EO 261
Date:	Between 3600 and 2500 BC
Material:	Oval
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What:	Knife
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Where:	Scotland, Bute, Arran, Whiting Bay, Giants' Graves
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Description:	Ripple-flaked knife from Giants' Grave, Whiting Bay, Arran
References:	Clarke, D.V., Cowie, T.G., & Foxon, A. (eds). Symbols of power at the time of Stonehenge. Edinburgh: National Museums of Antiquities of Scotland, 1985, pp 25, 235.
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