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Mountblairy

Carved Stone Ball

Site Name Mountblairy

Classification Carved Stone Ball

Alternative Name(s) Montblairy

Canmore ID 18419

Site Number NJ65SE 7

NGR NJ 69 54

NGR Description NJ c. 69 54

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Alvah
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Banff And Buchan
  • Former County Banffshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ65SE 7 c. 69 54.

Stone ball of greenstone or trap found 'at Montblairy', given to National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] by Mrs Morison of Bognie, December 1864. It is 3ins in diameter, weighs 18ozs, and has six projecting circular unornamented discs about 1 6/8 ins diameter. Accession No. AS 9.

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1868; J A Smith 1876.

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