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Rocking Stone

Rocking Stone (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Rocking Stone

Classification Rocking Stone (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 23726

Site Number NN17SW 5

NGR NN 1246 7152

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Kilmallie
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Lochaber
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NN17SW 5 1246 7152.

(NN 1246 7152) Rocking Stone (NR)

OS 6" map (1904)

Clach an Turraman, a glacial boulder, a rocking stone.

B MacCulloch 1938

The Rocking Stone, now earthfast, a moss-covered glacial erratic of gneiss, lies upon a little ridge, 5.0m inside the boundary wall of a forestry plantation. It measures 2.8m by 2.0m and stands 1.5m high.

Visited by OS (ASP) 14 July 1961

No change.

Visited by OS (NKB) 18 May 1970.

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