NMS Archaeology Object 131985: X.EQ 526 - Quartz / fragment


Description

Summary


Fragment of quartz, from Fowlis Wester, Perthshire


Accession Number


X.EQ 526


Other references

Register Number
Obsolete Classification Number
X.1944.639
X.BN 228

Original description

COLLECTIONS FROM SEPULCHRAL DEPOSITS: [526 (with 522-525 and 527-534)] From a Group of Standing Stones at Fowlis Wester. 11 fragments of quartz and 2 roughly circular pieces of sandstone, edges chipped, 3" in diameter and 7/8" in thickness. Anon notes, Transferred from BN.224-236.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1944

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Alison Young, F.S.A.Scot.

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

Image of Fragment of quartz, from Fowlis Wester, Perthshire © National Museums Scotland
Image of Fragment of quartz, from Fowlis Wester, Perthshire © National Museums Scotland

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