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Stenness, Bignor

Carved Stone Ball (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Stenness, Bignor

Classification Carved Stone Ball (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 2153

Site Number HY31SW 63

NGR HY 32 11

NGR Description HY c. 32 11

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Stenness
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

HY31SW 63 c. 32 11.

A cast of a 30-knobbed carved stone ball, provenance given by Marshall as 'Bignor, Stenness', is in Royal Muserum of Scotland (Accession no.AS 59). (Bignor, not located: Stenness parish centred HY 3211.)

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1885; D N Marshall 1977.

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