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Torran Dubh

Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Site Name Torran Dubh

Classification Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) Edderton Farm

Canmore ID 14749

Site Number NH78SW 9

NGR NH 71 84

NGR Description NH c.713 843

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Edderton
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NH78SW 9 71 84.

On a knoll neighbouring Torran Dubh lay many stones and small slabs of sandstone, blackened by fire. One of these had on one side a single cup roughly picked out.

J M Joass 1868.

Not located; no further information.

Visited by OS (R D L) 15 May 1963.

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Note (1979)

Edderton Farm NH c.713 843 NH 78SW 9

A sandstone slab bearing what may have been a single cup-mark was seen lying on a knoll adjacent to Torran Dubh (no. 65) in 1866.

RCAHMS 1979

(Joass 1866, 419)

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