Ancient Skittles Swiss3

During the work at Belalp several artifacts were discovered. This set of skittles was for me the most interesting. The enclosure was identified as having been in use for between 100 and 300 years. A set of round rocks were found in what appeared to be an older section where fires had been made in the past. The stones varied in size from 10 centimetres to 20 centimetres across ,they had been carefully rounded and according to two different sources were used in the past as a set of skittles which would be set up in a pile so that those playing the game could throw stones at it to earn points. According to a Turkish member of the team he remembered seeing children playing this game in his homeland.