Marine shell: razor shell. (Ensis siliqua) Found at Morton Mesolithic Settlement, Fife

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Razor clam
E.siliqua

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

Donated by Mr GC Sim
Museum number 1976-835

Marine mollusc shells were the most common find at Morton, far out numbering the animal bones. More than 10 million shells were found in the midden. Well over 40 different species of molluscs were represented .

Marine shell: razor shell. (Ensis siliqua) Found at Morton Mesolithic Settlement, Fife
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