TY - JOUR AU - Torben Ballin PY - 2004/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The quartz vein JF - Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports JA - SAIR VL - 11 IS - 0 SE - Sections DO - UR - http://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/sair/article/view/532 AB - The quartz vein consists entirely of a homogeneous white milky quartz and would, in prehistory, have presented a valuable source of lithic raw material. Though assumed to have been exposed to the weather for millennia the quartz is well preserved. As the worked part of the vein has a length of approximately 4-5 m, it is reasonable to assume that up to three cubic metres of quartz may have been quarried. ER -