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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 712670
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/712670
NT25NW 3 2039 5764.
(NT 2039 5764) Stone (NAT)
OS 6" map (1957)
The Gowk Stone, a sandstone monolith, stands some 800 yds E of Auchencorth farm steading, c 900' OD, on the highest point of a small ridge. It is almost rectangular at the base, but pointed at the top, and measures 6'3" high, 2'9" broad at the base, and 1' 9" thick. The top portion of its E face, above two weathered vertical grooves, has been chiselled off to a depth of 3 1/2", and here, on a panel with a horizontal beading above and below is a fragmentary inscription in well-cut Roman capitals, which may not be ancient, and of which only a few letters are now legible. They are in three lines, ......RK....; TI....DUM...; and ..X...BOUNTI.
RCAHMS 1929; visited 1915; F R Coles 1903
As described. Name confirmed.
Visited by OS (RD) 20 February 1970
