Glaschul Hill
Carved Stone Ball
Site Name Glaschul Hill
Classification Carved Stone Ball
Alternative Name(s) Glass Hill
Canmore ID 17125
Site Number NJ41SE 12
NGR NJ 45 14
NGR Description NJ c. 45 14
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17125
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Towie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ41SE 12 c. 45 14.
An ornamented slate stone ball with four protruding discs with curvilinear ornament, was found in 1860 in digging a drain, several feet under the ground, on Glass or Gray Hill, Towie, identified by Simpson with Glaschul Hill (NJ 45 14). Many ancient remains 'such as stone cups etc.' have been found on the hill. The ball was given to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS, AS 10) in 1860 by Mr James Kesson, farmer, Upper Drumallachie, through the Rev. John Christie, Kildrummy. The occurrence between the discs of three dots in a triangle has been compared to Pictish work and the spiral ornament on the discs to B.A. styles.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1862; J A Smith 1876; NMAS 1892; Reliq Illust Archaeol 1897; R J C Atkinson 1962.
No further information.
Visited by OS (R L) 29 August 1968.
Location cited as NJ c. 45 15.
NMRS, MS/712/46.
There is no change to the existing record.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 22 March 2000.
