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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

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Kirkhill
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Inverness
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

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.

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