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Watten
Carved Stone Ball (Neolithic)
Site Name Watten
Classification Carved Stone Ball (Neolithic)
Canmore ID 8798
Site Number ND25SW 28
NGR ND 24 54
NGR Description ND c. 24 54
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Watten
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND25SW 28 c. 24 54.
A type 4b (six prominent knobs) carved stone ball from Watten (name: ND 24 54) is in the Royal Museum of Scotland (RMS, NMS AS 112).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1893; D N Marshall 1979.
