Unstan
(ˈʌnstən)
The name of the site of a chambered tomb on Mainland, Orkney, used attrib. to denote a type of early neolithic pottery originally found on that site.
| 1932 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. VII. 64 The hatched and shaded Triangle motif occurs on the Unstan bowls. 1954 S. Piggott Neolithic Cultures viii. 248 The bulk of the pottery..can best be classed as Unstan ware from the thirty or so vessels found in that tomb. 1978 Times 27 May 3/3 One post-hole also yielded shreds of ‘Unstan’ pottery, characteristic of the early Neolithic period of the Orkney Islands. |