MHG2919 - Carved Stone Ball - Croy Wood

Summary

Croy Wood

Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC?)

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None recorded

Full Description

Centred 79 49.

A type 4b (6 prominent knobs) carved stone ball from Croy Wood, Inverness is in the Anthropological Museum, University of Aberdeen (159/37). (Croy Wood: name not located on OS maps; Croy: NH 7949.)
D N Marshall 1979.

Sources/Archives (1)

--- SHG411 Text/Publication/Article: Marshall, D N. 1979. 'Carved stone balls', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 108 1976-7, p.40-72. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 40-72. 68.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 7900 4899 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH74NE
Civil Parish	CROY AND DALCROSS
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

Finds (1)

BALL (RITUAL) (Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC?)

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External Links (1)

https://canmore.org.uk/site/14180 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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