Ness’s smallest bead measures just 2mm in diameter
![The 2mm carved stone bead from Structure Twenty-Six.](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/s26-bead.jpg?resize=750%2C581)
The 2mm carved stone bead from Structure Twenty-Six beside a penny to give some idea of scale.
![A closer view of the tiny Structure Twenty-Six bead.](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/bead-s26larger.jpg?resize=300%2C286)
A closer view of the tiny Structure Twenty-Six bead.
Sometimes it’s the small things that astound — like this tiny stone bead discovered today.
Measuring circa 2mm in diameter, the bead must have taken a steady hand and a sharp eye to create and was recovered by Cecily from the residue from an environmental sample taken in Structure Twenty-Six last summer.
It is the smallest example of a Neolithic bead recovered from the Ness to date.