Hammer

This hammer stone was found in Loch Olabhat on North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. It may have been used to split bones for the extraction of marrow around 3000 BC.

Pebble hammer from Loch Olabhat, North Uist, C. 3000 BC

No edible parts of animals were wasted by early peoples. Marrowbone jelly was extracted by splitting the marrow bones with a hammerstone. If a marrow bone was to be kept whole for some other use, the jelly was sucked out through a hole bored into one end.

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Online ID:	000-100-103-157-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.1997.104
Date:	Around 3000 BC C. 3000
Material:	Stone
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Where:	Scotland, Inverness-shire, North Uist, Loch Olabhat
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