Carved stone ball

Description

Unusual lemon-shaped carved stone ball of quartzite, with six knobs, possibly from Aberdeenshire

Museum reference

X.AS 199

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Carved stone ball

Date

Neolithic

Materials

Quartzite

Physical description

Quartzite, whitish; iron-stained, having at either end and at four points round the circumference low projecting knobs, at most 075" across

Collection place(s)

Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Hemming Collection