the lamont harp stands 95 cm tall and 42.5 cm wide and is considerably larger than the 2 other medieval harps (queen mary and trinity harps), but smaller than other surviving gaelic harps. the lamont harp has very little decorative carving when compared to the other surviving examples, and was constructed with fine metal fittings, notably fox styled metal reinforcements between the pillar ("lamhchrann") and neck of the instrument, the metal head is beaten to imitate a gem setting and the square drives of the tuning pins are fitted to resemble cloves or rosebuds.