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Description: | Stone from above cist with central countersunk perforation, not symmetrical, possible groove (ring-mark?) around part of circumference of hole on one side. Was found at the Upper Mains of Catterline, Kinneff, Kincardine.
"During the Neolithic, about 4000-2000BC, holes were pierced in stone objects, including this cist capstone, by drilling from both sides, using a bow drill, and making two conical hollows that meet at a narrow hole in the centre, giving an 'egg-timer' profile. This stone slab has been pierced by a bi-conical hole about 70mm across. On one side of the slab the hole is partly surrounded by a groove. On the reverse the hole is less regular and it does not meet the other symmetrically. The slab was found in a pile of slabs covering a Bronze Age cist at Catterline, Kinneff, Kincardineshire. Other slabs covering and built into the cist also have carving and cup-marks, suggesting that the cist and its covering was made of re-used material from an earlier Neolithic structure."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN
Acquisition source: Milne, David | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1800 BC-1800 BC; EBA | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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