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Accession Number: 
1135
Object type: 
curling stone
Curling stone: Accession Number 1135

This granite curling stone belonged to the Grant-Suttie family of Balgone and Prestongrange.

This is a roughly hewn granite curling stone, which is rounded with a flattened top and base. The stone has an iron rod protruding from the top, where its handle would have been connected.

Curling became popular in East Lothian in the middle of the nineteenth century. Clubs were formed in several towns and villages, generally playing on an open air rink created on a piece of ground gifted or purchased from a local landowner. Bonspiels, when teams from several clubs competed, were held at every available opportunity.
 

Description

Accession Number: 
1135
Object type: 
curling stone

Description

This is a roughly hewn granite curling stone, which is rounded with a flattened top and base. The stone has an iron rod protruding from the top, where its handle would have been connected.

 

Material: 
metal
Material: 
iron
Material: 
stone
Material: 
granite
Number of objects: 
1
Height (cm): 
21.00
Diameter (cm): 
21.00

Associated

Accession Number: 
1135
Object type: 
curling stone
Object production place: 
Associated date text: 
1850
Associated date certainty: 
circa

Media

Accession Number: 
1135
Object type: 
curling stone
Object has been photographed/scanned: 
Yes
Curling stone: Accession Number 1135
Image on SCRAN: 
Yes