Casgliadau Arlein

Rim and neck sherd from a Mortlake bowl. 13mm thick, with abundant inclusions up to 10mm across. There are traces of ring breaks. The top of the rim is rounded in section and decorated with closely spaced fine bird bone impressions, arranged in a multiple chevron motif on the inner edge, and in encircling lines on the outer half of the moulding. The inside lip of the rim has small vertically arranged nicks or fingernail impressions, and the inside of the neck is decorated with deeply incised lattice motif.