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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 725365
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/725365
NX34NW 38 3112 4939
See also NX34NW 109.00.
A stone, measuring 25cm by 10cm, 'found nearby' about 1917 is now built into the outside wall of Elrig House (NX34NW 109.00). Previously identified as part of a cross-head, the visible markings on it are considered by Morris to be prehistoric, consisting of 'two concentric rings (no centre cup), the outer ring gapped with two radial grooves ('keyhole type'), the inner complete, with a radial groove parallel with the others. Greatest diameter 10cm and carving depth 0.5cm.
W G Collingwood 1925
This stone is built into the NE wall of Elrig House, 4.0m above ground level.
Visited by OS July 1976.
