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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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14749
- Council Highland
- Parish Edderton
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
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.
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)
