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Kirriemuir

Findspot, Carved Stone Ball

Site Name Kirriemuir

Classification Findspot, Carved Stone Ball

Canmore ID 32287

Site Number NO35SE 10

NGR NO 38 54

NGR Description NO c. 38 54

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Angus
  • Parish Kirriemuir
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Angus
  • Former County Angus

Archaeology Notes

NO35SE 10 c. 38 54.

A carved granite ball, 3 1/16ins in diameter, with six prominent knobs, found at Kirriemuir (NO 38 54) in 1875 (Sturrock 1889) was purchased for the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] in 1889 from the collection of John Sturrock, Monikie (Accession No: AS 84).

J Sturrock 1889; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1890; D N Marshall 1979.

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