Tool of flint, possibly a fabricator

This flint tool, possibly of a type called a fabricator, was found at Monquhitter in Aberdeenshire in a hoard containing over 63 objects, mostly natural rocks or fossils. They were buried in a cairn sometime between 100 and 300 AD.

Fabricators are blunt ended stone tools possibly used when making skins. They are not commonly found in Scotland. Normally they date to the 4th or 3rd millennia BC. This object is therefore much earlier than most of the other objects in the hoard.

The objects in the Monquhitter hoard were clearly carefully selected. Perhaps they were an offering to the spirits of the cairn, or perhaps merely buried there for safekeeping by someone who collected or dealt in charms.

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• Online ID: 000-100-035-860-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.EQ 334
• Date: Between 100 and 300 AD
  
• Material: Flint, grey
  Fabricator
  
• Dimensions: 3.44" L
  
• What: Fabricator
  
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• Where: Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Monquhitter, Cairnhill
  
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• Description: Fabricator of grey flint from Monquhitter
  
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