Carved stone ball

Description

Carved stone ball, with six knobs, one decorated, from Dalriach, Cromdale, Moray

Museum reference

X.AS 208

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Carved stone ball

Date

Neolithic

Materials

Hornfels

Physical description

Hornfels; carved into six low knobs, one of which is crudely divided into quadrants by incised decoration; one pair of opposed quadrants has the quadrant shape emphasised by a series of herringbone patterns one within the other, a

Collection place(s)

Dalriach, Cromdale, Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

Highland HER Monument Record