Learable Hill
Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval), Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Learable Hill
Classification Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval), Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 6698
Site Number NC82SE 1
NGR NC 89257 23493
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kildonan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Learable Hill, Sutherland, cross-incised standing stone
Measurements: H 1.58m, W 0.81m, D 0.24m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: NC 8925 2349
Present location: in situ.
Evidence for discovery: recorded in 1909 by RCAHMS during fieldwork for the Inventory.
Present condition: .
Description
The west face of this standing stone is incised with an equal-armed linear cross, using broad grooves.
Date: early medieval.
References: RCAHMS 1911, no 380.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
NC82SE 1 8925 2349.
(NC 8925 2349) Cross-marking Stone (NR)
OS 6"map, (1962)
A cross-marked standing stone 5'2" high, 2'8" broad and 9 1/2" thick. It faces east-west and bears on its upper west face a plain Latin cross 6 3/4" long by 5" across the arms, the grooves being about 1" broad.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909
The stone is as described by the RCAHMS but some excavation appears to have taken place around the base.
Visited by OS (W D J) 19 May 1961
The standing stone is as described by the RCAHMS. An opened clearance heap abuts it on the NNE side.
Visited by OS (J B) 23 December 1976
