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Noranside

Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Site Name Noranside

Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Chance Inn; Denside Cottage

Canmore ID 33876

Site Number NO46SE 10

NGR NO 46316 60699

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Angus
  • Parish Tannadice
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Angus
  • Former County Angus

Archaeology Notes

NO46SE 10 4631 6070

(NO 4631 6070) Standing Stone (NR)

OS 1:10,000 map, (1972).

An unsculptured standing stone 1.7m high and 0.5m square half-way up, above which point it tapers slightly and inclines towards the N. Tradition says that it marks the burial place of a Danish general killed in a battle with the Scots here.

W Macfarlane 1906-8.

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Note (1983)

Noranside, Chance Inn NO 463 607 NO46SE 10

This standing stone, 1.85m in height, is situated at the top of a slight hill overlooking the Noran Water.

RCAHMS 1983.

(Macfarlane 1906-8, i, 286).

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