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Large knife made on a flake of black volcanic rock, perhaps pitchstone. It has a keeled back, and has been ground over the whole surface, with extra polishing/grinding to sharpen blade down one side. Parallel grooves visible on blade - maybe use…

Flint tool, a large laurel leaf point made in grey-brown flint, shaped by pressure flaking, with some shallow invasive retouch to sharpen the edges. More pointed at one end, but that tip has been either broken or removed. The end has then been…

Collar like. Museum's 'Slip Catalogue': 'used as a form of punishment, and were attached to Church doors, Churchyard gates, or Market Cross'.

Shape: bucket-like (double wick)

Neep puller, iron, two-pronged with loop on back, wooden handle. One of a number of items (eg ABDUA 15895 to 15915) donated by Mrs Argo of Aberdeen, some of which were used on the farm of Darnabo, near Fyvie, Aberdeenshire. Most of the items date…

Turnip puller, handle in wood, steel blade made from a triple-fluted broadsword (so has a straight blade rather than the usual curved one). Used in the hand lifting of turnips - the hook at the end is hooked into the root as it is lifted.

Bannock spade with a heart-shaped blade, used to turn bannocks, scones and oatcakes while cooking on an iron girdle or griddle.

"The textile industry developed during the 18th century with the introduction of mechanical methods of production. The demand for factory-made items also increased. At Garlogie Mill the 1830s beam engine supplemented the water-driven machinery for…

Three-pronged, used for spreading manure.

Iron frying pan, or girdle, with spout or lip. Used for baking bannocks, scones and oatcakes, and also for frying or melting fat, perhaps for tallow candles, the lip allowing liquids to be poured out. Handle allowing girdle to be hung over the fire…