Summary

Pivot stone, ovoid stone with two conical hollows on one face and one on the other, well-polished from rotary wear, Newstead, Roxburghshire

Accession Number

X.2009.12.559

Other references

Original description

Part of a collection of fieldwalking finds made by Walter Elliot. ARCH DB 2000/103. ARCH TTNC 2000/11. N.B. X.2009.12.254 (X.FJ 199) is not from Newstead (glass bead from Rink, Selkirk), nor is X.2009.12.278.1 (X.BMA 4569) a collection of flint tools and flakes from Kalemouth, Roxburghshire (NT 714 276). X.FRA 6185 Short Description: pivot stone. Description: Pivot stone. Ovoid stone with two conical hollows on one face and one on the other, well-polished from rotary wear. A small protruding stub in the base of each suggests the object placed in it had a hollowed tip. Traces of (modern?) paint, and ink number "650". 118 x 103.5 x 57 mm. Newstead, Walter Elliot Collection.

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

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Fieldwalking

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

2009

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Elliot collection

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

None