Archaeology Notes

Event ID 682924

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO13NE 77 15753 39492.

The tron, to which jougs are still attached, stands in the centre of Meikleour.

T Hunter 1883

The tron is a rusticated obelisk with a hole near its pointed top, surmounted by a tall spike with a weather vane. The jougs are attched to its S face. The obelisk stands on a flat-topped, mutilated mound, 1.0m high.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS 20 February 1969.