Gorges

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Gorges were used in fishing, and to hunt small mammals. These bone examples were found at Sculptor's Cave at Covesea in Moray, at Road Broch at Keiss in Caithness and on North Uist. They were used between 950 BC and 700 AD.

The gorges are flat, narrow pieces of bone, sharpened to a point at each end, and with a central hole for the line.

Gorges, with bait attached, were designed to swivel round and lodge in the mouth of a fish or a mammal.

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• Online ID: 000-100-041-253-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.GT 1154
• Date: 950 BC - 700 AD
  Between 950 BC and 700 AD
  
• Material: Bone; central hole; tapering at both ends; polished
  Bone; centrally pierced
  Bone; ends sharply pointed; eye oval
  Bone; ends sharply pointed; eye oval in centre
  Gorge, fish
  Gorge, fish
  Gorge, fish
  Gorge, fish
  
• Dimensions: 1.50" x 0.19"
  1.90" L
  3.00" L
  3.00" L
  
• What: Gorge, fish
  Gorge, fish
  Gorge, fish
  Gorge, fish
  
• Subject:
• Who: H.H. Mackenzie (Collector)
  Sir John Campbell-Orde (Collector's employer)
  
• Where: Scotland, Caithness, Keiss, Road Broch
  Scotland, Inverness-shire, North Uist
  Scotland, Moray, Hopeman, Covesea, Sculptor's Cave
  Scotland, Moray, Hopeman, Covesea, Sculptor's Cave
  
• Event:
• Description: Bone fish gorge from Road Broch, Keiss
  Bone gorge for line-fishing, from Sculptor's Cave, Covesea, Moray
  Bone gorge for line-fishing, from Sculptor's Cave, Covesea, Moray
  Bone fish gorge from North Uist, 950 BC - 700 AD
  
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