from Dubford, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire
This smooth, roundish quartzite pebble is from Dubford at Old Machar in Aberdeenshire. It is thought to have been used as a charm.
Smooth, roundish pebble of quartzite, probably used as a charmstone, from Dubford, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire
Quartz is often found in prehistoric burials and may have had a ritual significance, a number of painted examples all coming from broch sites.
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