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Kirkton
Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Kirkton
Classification Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 13461
Site Number NH64NW 12
NGR NH 60500 45200
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13461
- Council Highland
- Parish Kirkhill
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH64NW 12 605 452.
At Kirkton Farmhouse (NH 605 453) are two stones with unusually large cups. Both stones are from Rhynie parish ( Aberdeenshire) and were found at the farm of Sandargue near the ruins of Lesmore Castle one mile from the village of Rhynie. Both are of porphyry; both are incomplete having been broken.
W Jolly 1882.
No trace of these stones were found at Kirkton. Inverness Museum was consulted but no information was encountered.
Visited by OS (W D J) 28 March 1962.
