HA657

Carved Stone Ball, Skara Brae

Stone Ball, ground. Spherical ball with 67 ground pyramidal knobs forming five rows, with two groups of four knobs at the top and bottom. The knobs and rows are separated by deep grooves.

Diameter 77mm

This carved ball was found near a limpet box in House 3 during the 1861 to 67 excavations.

It has been classified as a Marshall’s Type 7

Published in: Symbols of Power at the time of Stonehenge, Clark, Cowie and Foxon 1985, p245

Retopologised 3D Model.

Lightweight 3D model suitable for online browsing. Approximately 20,000 triangles.

The original photogrametric model was constructed from 130 images and contained 2 million triangles which was used to produce this light weight model and suitable texture and normal maps.