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Cantraybruich
Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cantraybruich
Classification Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 14154
Site Number NH74NE 19
NGR NH 7777 4621
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14154
- Council Highland
- Parish Croy And Dalcross (Nairn)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH74NE 19 7777 4621.
A cupped stone was found in May, 1881, face downwards, in a field, below and a little to the NE of Cantrybruiach, to which it has been removed, Mr Hamilton, tennant; the finder. The stone is a slab of local reddish-yellow sandstone 5ft long by 2 1/2 - 3ft broad by 9 - 10ins thick with some 35 cup-marks.
W Jolly 1882.
This cup-marked stone has been built into the garden wall of Cantray bruich at NH 7777 4621. Only one face can be seen, containing at least 18 cup-marks. No knowledge could be gained regarding its original find-spot.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 12 August 1964.
Field Visit (June 1978)
Cantraybruich NH 777 462 NH74NE 19
This stone slab is situated 10m SW of Cantraybruich farmhouse. Its SE face bears at least eighteen cup-marks.
RCAHMS 1979. visited June 1978
(Jolly 1882, 352-3)
