Carved stone ball. About the size of a cricket ball, made of coarse dark brown stone and carved with a spiral around its whole surface.
Made from a coarse granite, slightly flattened. Type: 9a. Decoration: spiral carving.
Field Collector: Anderson,G Field Collection Date: 1983
Early: -2900 Late: -1800 Period: LNEO EBA
Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Hill of Logie Logie Buchan Aberdeenshire
Large stone effigy, in sandstone, of an armoured knight from the ruins of Elgin Cathedral, Morayshire. It is carved nearly in the round but with the back attached to a wall and comprises head and torso. The knight wears armour of the late 15th century, with chain mail and plate armour shown by the carving. He also has a helmet and carries a sword, pointing up and entwined with a sash, in the right hand. His left hand holds something to his chest. It is likely that this effigy was attached to the mid tower of the Cathedral. Two similar effigies (of Bishop Innes and of a knight) are still in Elgin Cathedral.
stone sandstone, carved, H. 1932 mm W. 712 mm D. 661 mm
Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Elgin Cathedral Elgin Morayshire
Carved stone ball. Roughly the size of a tennis ball. Black, polished stone ball with four large flat circular knobs arranged equidistant from each other. The knobs have a finely cut grid pattern and each square is rounded to produce tiny squarish knobs. The spaces between the large knobs are cut with lines that flow around the knobs.
Type: 9c, 4 knobs, made of serpentine. Four large, dome-shaped knobs and is finely decorated all over. Each knob is cross-hatched, carefully incised to make tiny cubes between the incised lines. The spaces between the knobs are decorated with fine grooves. Although there is no record of a provenance of this ball in the museum's slip catalogue, it is thought to come from Towie, Aberdeenshire (Jim Inglis).
stone serpentine, carved polished, Dia: 63 mm
Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Towie ? Aberdeenshire ?
Beaker. A small earthenware cup, with three incised horizontal lines below the rim and two rows of diamonds filled with vertical lines on the body.
Incised decoration: on body - lozenges & vertical lines; on rim - 3 bands; on base - 3 bands. Found in a short stone cist, with a mass of brown fibrous material and incomplete skeleton, ABDUA: 14232. Cist was found in gravel bank on the farm of Blackhill, Tyrie, Aberdeenshire, by Mr Milne, in 1905.
Early: -2400 Late: -1800 Period: LNEO EBA
clay fired clay pottery, Thrown & fired, H: 125 mm Dia(rim): 123 mm
Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Blackhill Tyrie Aberdeenshire
Beaker. A small earthen ware pot. The base is about half the size of the opening and the body flares out in the middle before contracting again. Decorated with incised bands of horizontal lines and a band of vertical and zig zag lines near the rim.
Late Northern beaker, found at Pittodrie, Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, in a cist with another beaker (ABDUA: 19708). Decorated with four bands of horizontal lines around the lower body, belly, neck and rim, with plain zones between them. A vertical and zig-zag pattern has also been impressed on to the neck.
clay fired clay pottery, H: 166 mm Dia(rim): 145 mm
Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Pittoddrie Chapel of Garioch Aberdeenshire
Ceramic beaker. A pot which slightly flares out at the middle, before narrowing at the neck and flaring out toward the rim. It is decorated with dotted vertical, horizontal and chevron lines.
Beaker, found at Auchrynie, Fetterangus, in a cist accompanying a young male. Typical Final Northern beaker, sinuous profile, short everted neck. Three broad bands of comb-impressed decoration cover the exterior, with herringbone, and broad bands of zig-zag, separated by horizontal lines that are particularly accented at the neck to form cordons. The inside of the rim is decorated.
clay fired clay pottery, handbuilt fired, H : 205 mm Dia(rim): 172 mm
Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Auchrynie Fetterangus Aberdeenshire
Carved sandstone boss probably from the medieval cathedral at Elgin.
stone sandstone, carved, H: 375 mm W: 355 mm D: 450 mm
Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Elgin Cathedral ?? Elgin Morayshire
Ceramic beaker. A pot which slightly flares out at the middle, before narrowing at the neck and flaring out toward the rim. It is decorated with dotted vertical, horizontal and zig zag lines.
A Developed Northern beaker, fairly small with comb-impressed decoration in undulating bands around the belly, waist and rim. The motifs include lines of dots, zig-zags, herringbone and metopes. Found just to the south of the steading at Westside of Brux farm in a gravel mound within rabbit burrow.
Field Collector: Walker,Lawson Field Collection Date: 1947
clay fired clay pottery, H: 160 mm Dia(rim): 120 mm
Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Westside of Brux Kildrummy Aberdeenshire
Ceramic beaker. A pot which slightly flares out at the middle, before narrowing at the neck and flaring out toward the rim. It is decorated with incised vertical and horizontal lines, cross hatching and large triangles pointing upward containing lines and cross hatching.
Final Northern type, of medium size with very short neck. Burnished red exterior, body decorated symmetrically above and below a plain band around the belly with a pattern of cross-hatching which supports triangles, in-filled alternately with cross-hatching and V-shaped lines. The neck is cross-hatched, and inside the rim it is incised with a fine fringed motif. The beaker was found in an otherwise empty cist at Mill Farm, Rathen, Aberdeenshire.
clay fired clay pottery, handbuilt, H: 178 mm Dia(rim): 151 mm
Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Mill Farm Rathen Aberdeenshire
Socketed Axe Head Axe Axe Head Snuff Mull
Socketed axe head, decoration: Ridge (cast). Type: Rectangular (Coles), Portree [variant Kalemouth] (S&B). This axe has been made into a snuff box sometime in the 19th century (probably by the finder). Inscription engraved on lid. Inscription: On lid: A DANISH BATTLE AXE FOUND ON THE COAST OF CRUDEN 1823
metal copper alloy bronze, cast, L: 76 mm W: 51 mm L(lid): 43 mm W(lid): 36 mm
Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Coast of Cruden Aberdeenshire