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Spearhead. A bronze socketed spearhead about five inches long. The point is quite small, most of the length being taken up by the socket. There is a small loop on either side of the socket.
Bronze spearhead, socketed with side loops, leaf-shaped blade with tapering midrib.
Inscription: old paper label: C.24 ABDUA number and NEW written inside socket
Inscription: old paper label: C.24 ABDUA number and NEW written inside socket
Spearhead. A bronze socketed spearhead about six inches long. The point is large and wide, taking up half the length. There is a small loop on either side of the socket.
Bronze spearhead, socketed and with side loops, kite-like blade, tapering mid-rib and V-shaped ridge. Has a notch across the socket, possibly to aid hafting.
Spearhead. A large bronze socketed spearhead over a foot long. The blade is shaped like a long pointed leaf and is broken near the tip, revealing the socket which runs almost the length of the blade. The blade is also broken near the socket at the bottom, showing a length of wood inside.
Bronze spearhead, found in Loch Kinnord, Logie Coldstone, Aberdeenshire in 1874 by John Simpson, Meikle Kinnord. In three pieces. A portion of the oak handle remains in the socket.
Heckle. A large square wooden comb with a handle and iron pins pointing up from the body.
Heckle, with frame in wood and teeth in iron. Rectangular frame with extended handle. Used in dressing flax.
Distaff and spindle. A wooden staff almost a metre long. Hanging from the staff by a length of string is a small wooden rod with a fat stone ring on it.
Wooden distaff and spindle, claystone whorl. Whorl decoration: concentric circles (incised).
Carding combs. Two large rectangular wooden combs with handles. A large number of small iron pins, bent slightly in the middle, project from the bodies of the combs.
A pair of carding combs, with backs in wood and teeth in iron wire, fixed in leather.
Sweir kitty. A wooden apparatus about a foot wide consisting of turned wooden rods. The base has two rods in a T shape, from the opposite ends of which project two more rods perpendicularly. Between these rods is a metal rod on to which is threaded two wooden spindles.
Yarn winder, or swier-kitty, with frame in wood and spindles in iron. Type: double-reeled. Shape: turned. Decoration: concentric bands (incised).
Pike head. A large flat iron point with two curved points projecting from the bottom, on a wide iron socket.
Erroneously desribed as 'halberd' in Reid (1912).
Dye bath paddle. A large flat piece of iron shaped like a bowtie, with a thin handle projecting from the centre.
"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…
Jack reel. Wooden apparatus about a metre tall, consisting of a tray on three legs and a central column with metal gears. A large knob, from which project six long rods with handles at the end, is at the top of the column connected to the gears.
Jack reel or wool winder, in wood. Inscription (maker's name?) on top, carved into the wood. Slip catalogue and accessions book gives number (525+1) and donor (Margaret A Morris), plus following information: 1 Carder H:450mm B:350mm. But this part of…