The Ark Stone
Stone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name The Ark Stone
Classification Stone (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Chapel O' Sink; Woodend; Boghead Wood
Canmore ID 18675
Site Number NJ71NW 28
NGR NJ 7058 1908
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18675
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Chapel Of Garioch
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ71NW 28 7058 1908
Ark Stone [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1981.
See also NJ71NW 4.
A squarish boulder 4ft (1.22m) by 4ft (1.22m) by 1ft 9ins (0.53m) to 3ft (0.91m) high, built into a plantation boundary dyke. Known locally as the 'Ark Stone', it has the appearance of being the recumbent stone removed from the stone circle NJ71NW 4.
J Ritchie 1917.
A naturally placed boulder.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS 24 July 1973 and 19 August 1976.
The Ark Stone appears to be a large natural granite boulder, which has been incorporated in the junction of two field dykes.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF), 25 July 1996.
