Anvil stone
Collection object
0000.0057
13.8 x 13.6; T. 5.0; Wt. 1346.9g
Anvil stone. Fine-grained red sandstone. Quarter circle in outline, with three facets on the curved edge, which is rounded in section. The straight edges are irregular, products of fracture. The faces are flat, each with a shallow depression, irregular in outline and depth, slightly off-centre towards the straight edges, and not directly opposite one another. One face is irregularly pocked over most of its surface. The curved edge is rough and pocked. Neolithic 13.8 x 13.6; T. 5.0; Wt. 1346.9g Anvilstone / Fanore handwritten in white ink on one face Splashed with white paint along the edge of one face during repainting of city library between 1974-1977