Objective toprovideanatomical data for the clinicaloperation on neck to locate the acroteric vascularnervesof the tipofthe greaterhornofhyoidbone (THB) with taking THB as alandmark.
Other finds in the 5m-long (16ft) grave in Ardnamurchan included a knife, what could be the tipofa bronze drinking horn, a whetstone from Norway, a ring pin from Ireland and Viking pottery.