Archaeology Notes

Event ID 663568

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH78NE 3 7960 8950

(NH 7960 8950) At the Manse of Dornoch is a triangular slab of micaceous schist, measuring 12" long by 9 1/2" across the base, showing five well-defined cup marks and portions of other three at the broken edge of the stone. Towards the apex of the triangle is a single cup mark, 1 1/8" diameter, with another below it 2 1/4" diameter by 1/2" deep, and near the centre of the triangle a row of three and another row parallel to the last at the base.

RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.

It is recalled locally that this stone stood at the front door of the manse, but it was lost some years ago and its present whereabouts is unknown.

Visited by OS (A A) 31 March 1971.