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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/33876
- Council Angus
- Parish Tannadice
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
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.
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).
