Grummore
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Grummore
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 346579
Site Number NC63NW 39
NGR NC 60313 36551
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/346579
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (10 July 2012 - 11 July 2012)
NC 60313 36551 and NC 58199 36272 A walkover survey was carried out 10–11 July 2012 in advance of a proposed woodland planting scheme. The survey located two set stones to the W of the important pre-clearance settlement of Grummore in Strathnaver. The first stone (NC 60313 36551) is adjacent to a group of prehistoric field clearance mounds. The stone which measured 1.1m high by 160mm wide and 80mm thick is set into the N side of a low mound which may be field clearance. Three large packing stones are visible. The second stone (NC 58199 36272) which measured 0.95m high is located on high ground fairly close to prehistoric hut circles and field systems. The parent rock outcrop from which this stone is likely to have been prised is located 8m to the NW. The function of these two stones is unclear, but they are presumed to be some form of land boundary or ownership markers.
Archive: HCAU
Funder: Bowlts, Barnhill, Pluscarden
Catherine Dagg,
2012
