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Alness

Carved Stone Ball

Site Name Alness

Classification Carved Stone Ball

Canmore ID 13623

Site Number NH66NE 18

NGR NH 65 69

NGR Description NH c. 65 69

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Alness
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NH66NE 18 c. 65 69.

A type 4c carved stone ball, with six projecting circular facets, and six intervening triangular facets, from Alness, which was formerly in the collection of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik is now in the Royal Museum of Scotland (RMS, AS 120).

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1894; D N Marshall 1979.

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