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Polmaily, Clach-na-h-aorin

Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)

Site Name Polmaily, Clach-na-h-aorin

Classification Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 12342

Site Number NH43SE 5

NGR NH 47 30

NGR Description NH c. 47 30

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Inverness
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NH43SE 5 c. 47 30

An immense, cup-marked boulder of gneiss, "Clach -na-h-aorin' - 'the stone of the Mass' - lay west of Polmaily, between the Sitheans of Tor-shee and Polmaily. It was destroyed about 1848.

J Ross 1888.

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