Archaeology Notes

Event ID 670212

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/670212

NJ82NW 6 c. 80 25

See also NJ82NW 8, NJ82NW 26, NJ82NW 28.

A sandstone ball with projecting knobs from the Hill of Barra was amongst several artifacts exhibited to the fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1890 by John Rae of Aberdeen.

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1890.

A carved stone ball with six not very prominent knobs, from Hill of Barra, is in the British Museum (1906.4.12.2).

D N Marshall 1979.

There is no change to the existing record.

Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 28 April 1999.