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Struie Hill
Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Struie Hill
Classification Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Struie Hill
Canmore ID 13899
Site Number NH68SE 21
NGR NH 65216 84964
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13899
- Council Highland
- Parish Edderton
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH68SE 21 653 849
'Slab of mica-schist, c.2.0 by 1.0m, on hillside above A836, bears 21 clear and 3 indistinct cup-marks, including 2 linked pairs. Slab probably detached. Plan and photographs with investigators.'
R B Gourlay and D Scott 1981.
This cup-marked stone is situated within a former plantation depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet xl). Situated amongst deep heather, this stone was not located during a pre-afforestation survey at The Struie by J Wordsworth.
J Wordsworth (Wordsworth Archaeological Services) 6 August 1997; NMRS MS 961/27, no.2
Note (23 June 2019)
Date Fieldwork Started: 23/06/2019
Compiled by: ELF
Location Notes: This panel is situated in moorland on a SSW-facing slope of Struie Hill above the B9176 to Bonar Bridge. The slab is in a slight dip, so is not visible from the road or the path. It faces two pylons to the hillside opposite. There is a curve in the road, with a layby to the W. Along from there, at NH 6512 8508, there is a path that you can use to start up the hill. Follow this for approximately 200m and at that point, veer SE following the contours. The panel is pretty indistinctive but there are a few trees nearby. From the site, you can also see the hut-circle beneath.
Panel Notes: This 2.25m long slab of schist has 22 distinct cup-marks on the NE side of the stone and one possible. Of these, 6 form a line of cups of varying depth along the NW edge of the slab, aligned on a SWW-NNE axis. At right angles to this alignment, at the SSW end, there are 3 deeper cups, of which there are 2 almost touching. There are 2 fissures running from the N end of the stone, to the area where the cups are arranged.
