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CollectionABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object Namewitch stone
amulet
777
Object NumberABDUA:18912
Other NumberA166
Other Number Typeold number
Brief DescriptionStone, flint, found with hole through centre, used as an amulet
DimensionsL: 43 mm Dia: 37 mm Th: 30 mm
Materialsstone, flint
Conditiongood
Completenesscomplete
Place KeyEurope, Scotland, North East Scotland, Fordoun, Kincardineshire
Publication NoteLEMUR Database
Reid, R W, 1912, Illustrated Catalogue of the Anthropological Museum, University of Aberdeen, p10 (illustrated p11) ;
Caption"'Witch stone' from Fordoun, (early 19th cent)."

Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East
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