Equipment model; Anchor model; Half killick

Scale: Unknown. A model of a half killick from Inishmore, Aran Islands, Galway Bay consisting of two flat wooden boards which taper at the top end and are lashed together by a series of rope bindings. The boards form an A shape, inside which a roughly rectangular block of stone is secured and held in place by a series of three wooden horizontal pegs. At the top of killick is an elongated rope eye for attaching the cable to.

Object Details

ID: ZBA4758
Type: Equipment model; Anchor model; Half killick
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Places: Devon; Southampton
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 90 mm x 40 mm x 35 mm