Inverurie District
Carved Stone Ball(S), Stone Ball (Stone)
Site Name Inverurie District
Classification Carved Stone Ball(S), Stone Ball (Stone)
Canmore ID 18938
Site Number NJ72SE 63
NGR NJ 77 21
NGR Description NJ c. 77 21
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18938
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Inverurie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ72SE 63 c. 77 21.
In Inverurie Museum are a plain stone ball from the Inverurie district (Accession no: AS 14), donated in 1960 by Mrs C G Reid, 7 Jackson St, Inverurie; and a carved stone ball, also from the Inverurie district (Accession no: AS 17), on loan from Mr A J Reid, 10 Carnarvon Rd., Barnet, Herts.
Information from Accession Register, Inverurie Museum.
A number of other carved stone balls from Inverurie (NJ 77 21) are recorded:
(i) with twelve knobs, was in the collection of D Anderson, Aberdeen, sold in 1898 (Anderson 1898).
(ii) in Glasgow Art Galleries and Museum (Accession no: 55/96) has six
knobs with worked interspaces. The remainder are in Inverurie Museum: (iii) (Acc. No: AS 17 - from Inverurie district, noted above) has six knobs, not very prominent.
(iv) (Accession no: AS 20) has seven knobs.
(v) (Accession no: AS 16) 'found near Inverurie' has eight knobs and is decorated with hatchings and incised lines.
D Anderson 1898; D N Marshall 1979.
The collection of Inverurie Museum has been re-catalogued, but the new catalogue is incomplete and there is no easy system of identifying the new accession numbers of this stone ball and three carved stone balls.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS) 5 June 2001.
