Beacharra ware, also known as Ballyalton bowls,[1] is a style of Middle Neolithic pottery,[2] defined by Thomas Hastie Bryce (1862–1946), which is only found in the western parts of Scotland,[2] including Kintyre). The comparable pottery style in Ireland is known as Western Neolithic ware. British archaeologist, Stuart Piggott divided Beacharra ware into 3 groups:
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- Flanagan, Laurence. Ancient Ireland. Life before the Celts, Dublin, 1998. ISBN 0-7171-2433-9
- Kipfer, Barbara Ann. Dictionary of Artifacts, Oxford: Blackwell, 2007. ISBN 978-1-4051-1887-3