Inchkinloch
Milestone (19th Century)
Site Name Inchkinloch
Classification Milestone (19th Century)
Canmore ID 305076
Site Number NC54SE 8
NGR NC 59823 44285
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Tongue
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC54SE 8 59823 44285
This granite milestone stands on the E verge of the A836 public road, immediately N of the road bridge (NC54SE 7) over the Allt Dionach-caraidh. Roughly triangular in section, the stone has two flat, dressed, faces on the front and a rounded rear that is roughly hewn. The stone measures 0.4m in breadth by 0.3m in depth and 0.5m in height, and the upper part presents a steeply-sloping facet to the road.
The stone bears no inscription, but the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherlandshire 1878, sheet XXXV) notes that it marked the distance in miles to ‘TONGUE 11½’ and ‘ALTNAHARROW 6½’.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 27 October 2009.
Field Visit (27 October 2009)
This granite milestone stands on the E verge of the A836 public road, immediately N of the road bridge (NC54SE 7) over the Allt Dionach-caraidh. Roughly triangular in section, the stone has two flat, dressed, faces on the front and a rounded rear that is roughly hewn. The stone measures 0.4m in breadth by 0.3m in depth and 0.5m in height, and the upper part presents a steeply-sloping facet to the road. The stone bears no inscription, but the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherlandshire 1878, sheet XXXV) notes that it marked the distance in miles to ‘TONGUE 11½’ and ‘ALTNAHARROW 6½’.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 27 October 2009.
