Museum: The Museum of Islay Life
Dublin Core
Title
Museum: The Museum of Islay Life
Identifier
97
Collection Items
Neolithic Axe Head
This polished axe head has been perforated to enable it to be hafted to a shaft of wood or bone. The perforation would have been made by using a rotary drill, presumably driven by a bow. This example, which has been broken, was ploughed up near…
Neolithic Axe Head
This polished axe head may have been used for purely ceremonial purposes because it does not have a useful cutting edge. A great deal of effort has evidently been expended to obtain the attractive finish. Size: 118 mm x 50 mm Location found: Upper…
The Museum of Islay Life
Located in Port Charlotte, the museum houses a large and fascinating collection of objects, books, photographs and stories all illustrative of life in Islay from prehistoric to recent times.
Paw Print Brick
A brick from the Bowmore Parish (Round) Church. Removed during repairs. Note the paw prints of a dog and a cat.
Paw Print Brick
A brick from the Bowmore Parish (Round) Church. Removed during repairs. Note the paw prints of a dog and a cat.
Quoit
One of four quoits in the Museum’s collection. The aim of the game is to throw your quoit at a peg some distance away with the winner being the person who had their quoit encircle the peg or land nearest to it.
Quoit
One of four quoits in the Museum’s collection. The aim of the game is to throw your quoit at a peg some distance away with the winner being the person who had their quoit encircle the peg or land nearest to it.
Bronze Age Mandible
Bronze Age mandible.
Neolithic Macehead
Found in Gruinart on the north of Islay and dating from the Neolthic period or the early Bronze Age, this macehead would originally have been mounted on a shaft. Creating the macehead would have been a very time-consuming process, boring the hole…
Neolithic Macehead
Found in Gruinart on the north of Islay and dating from the Neolthic period or the early Bronze Age, this macehead would originally have been mounted on a shaft. Creating the macehead would have been a very time-consuming process, boring the hole…
