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Description: | A large carved stone ball, type, 11, probably made of granite Found at Skelmuir, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire at the end of the 19th century The ball has six large knobs but the space between them is much larger than in other balls with six knobs, which gives it an unusual profile.
"found in Skelmuir Old Deer, Aberdeenshire."
Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East
"Carved stone balls date from about 3500 to 1500 BC, the later Neolithic into the Bronze Age. More than 425 are known, almost all from Scotland, particularly from the North East. Most balls are decorated with large or small knobs, most commonly six knobs, although some of the finest have only four. Some knobs and, sometimes, the spaces between them are decorated with an incised pattern and occasionally the whole ball is decorated with a single design. Their purpose is unknown but they may have been prestige objects. This is a large carved stone ball, measuring 101mm in diameter, and probably made of granite. Although it has six large knobs, a common pattern, the space between them is much larger than in other six-knob balls and this gives it an unusual profile. The ball is also slightly elongated along one axis and is undecorated. It was found at Skelmuir, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire at the end of the 19th century."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN
Field collector: Henderson, J C Mr | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 2900 BC-1800 BC; LNEO EBA | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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