MHG4401 - Carved Stone Ball - Kingussie

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

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Stone ball found c.1835 by the postmaster when digging his garden in Kingussie. It is 8 1/2" in circumference and has four projecting circular discs with engraved ornament in the cutting between them. In possession of Cluny Macpherson of Cluny Castle (c.1911)
J A Smith 1876.

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--- SHG1185 Text/Publication/Article: Smith, J A. 1876. 'Notes of small ornamental stone balls found in different parts of Scotland, etc; with remarks on their supposed age and use', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 11 1874-6, p.29-62. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 29-62. 43.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 7500 0000 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH70SE
Civil Parish	KINGUSSIE AND INSH
Geographical Area	BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/14071 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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