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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 664931
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/664931
NH95NW 4 9002 5719.
At the freestone quarries at King's Steps is the site of an old mill. Near the mill wheel a spot in the rock bearing marks like hoofprints used to be pointed out, traditionally made by the King's horse, hence the name 'King's Steps'.
G Bain 1890
The marked rock is sited to NH 9002 5719 from information received from the curator of the Nairn Museum. No information was obtained about the mill mentioned by Bain.
Visited by OS (EGC) 1 December 1961
No traces are now visible of the mill noted by Bain, in what is now an overgrown quarry.
RCAHMS 1978, visited March 1978.
