the lamont harp bears the inscription “al stew(art) of clunie his harp 165(0)” although this is too late a date for the original construction of the harp this may relate to the repair. the wood has been identified as hornbeam or english walnut although the pillar has distorted over time and the t-section reinforcement is shorter than on other early gaelic harps, and does seem to have happened at the ends where the pillar is wide but thin.