From Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, Inner Hebrides

Cooking stones

These small cooking stones were found during excavations at Cnoc Coig on Oronsay in the Inner Hebrides. They date from between 4500 and 4300 BC.

The stones are natural beach cobbles or pebbles. They show signs of burning and have cracked from contact with cold liquid. They had probably been dropped into an animal skin containing water.

Cooking stones were used throughout prehistory and into the Historic period as a simple device in cooking. They were used in various ways but were always heated first.

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Online ID:	000-100-103-160-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.1997.110 I
Date:	4500 - 4300 BC 4500 - 4300 BC 4500 - 4300 BC 4500 - 4300 BC 4500 - 4300 BC 4500 - 4300 BC 4500 - 4300 BC 4500 - 4300 BC 4500 - 4300 BC Between 4500 and 4300 BC
Material:	Stone Stone Stone Stone; small Stone; small Stone; small Stone; small Stone; small Stone; small
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What:	Stone, cooking Stone, cooking Stone, cooking Stone, cooking Stone, cooking Stone, cooking Stone, cooking Stone, cooking Stone, cooking
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Where:	Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig
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Description:	Small cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC Small cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC Small cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC Small cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC Small cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC Small cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC Cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC Cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC Cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC
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