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Smailholm
Findspot (Period Unassigned), Perforated Object (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Smailholm
Classification Findspot (Period Unassigned), Perforated Object (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 57189
Site Number NT63NW 9
NGR NT 64 36
NGR Description NT c. 64 36
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57189
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Smailholm
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
A perforated sandstone pebble, waterworn and forming an irregular circle in shape, was found in the vicinity of Smailholm during the nineteenth century. The object was said to measure approximately 75mm in diamater, and was flattish in appearance.
No information is known about the circumstances of this find, and even the exact location of its findspot remains a mystery. Without information like this available, it is impossible to suggest a date of origin for the object, and difficult, too, to establish what it might have been used for. Small perforated pebbles like this could be used as weights for a fishing net, but without further proof, such a suggestion must remain entirely conjectural.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NT63NW 9 c. 64 36
Flattish water-worn sandstone pebble, No.3, irregularly circular in outline, 3ins in diameter found at Smailholm. (Perforation not described but article on perforated pebbles)
G F Black 1894.
No information was found regarding this pebble. Its find-spot was not located.
Visited by OS (WDJ), 21 September 1962.
Sbc Note
Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
