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Humberston
Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Humberston
Classification Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Goyal Road
Canmore ID 12819
Site Number NH55NW 6
NGR NH 54 58
NGR Description NH c. 54 58
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12819
- Council Highland
- Parish Dingwall
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH55NW 6 c. 54 58.
A stone circle existed on the high ground of Humberston and was demolished within living memory. Its site is clearly visible a few yards south of Goyal Road.
N Macrae 1923.
No further information was found regarding the stone circle during field investigation. The land to the south of Goyal Road is arable and no trace of a stone circle could be seen.
Visited by OS (W D J) 17 April 1963.
Field Visit (September 1978)
Humberston NH 54 58 NH55NW 6
What may have been a stone circle was demolished before 1923.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
(Macrae 1923, 341)
