Hammerstones or grinding stones

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Hammerstones or grinding stones

Field collection: Mesolithic Morton excavation, Tayport, Fife
Collected by Dr John Coles

Donated by Mr GC Sim
Museum number 1976-942-2=3

Hammerstones or grinding stones. One is a pebble of yellowish quartzite, with both ends abraded by hammering. The second is a pebble of possibly igneous rock, with heat cracks at one end.