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 two wire bindings. The boards form an A shape inside which a flat rectangular block of stone is secured and held in place by a single wooden peg which is reinforced by a series of rope lashings.

Object Details

ID: ZBA4811
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: 64 mm x 45 mm x 30 mm