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Maikle
Quern (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Maikle
Classification Quern (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 13043
Site Number NH59SE 1
NGR NH 5992 9376
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13043
- Council Highland
- Parish Creich (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH59SE 1 5992 9376.
(NH 5992 9376) Quernstone found AD 1868 (NAT)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1971)
"A quern was found while ploughing in the year 1868 which consists of a large stone flag, with a hole about 1 1/2 inches in diameter in the centre, and three other holes near the margin large enough to admit the finger".
Name Book 1874.
No further information.
Visited by OS (R D L) 4 June 1963.
