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Muie

Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Cup (Stone)

Site Name Muie

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Cup (Stone)

Canmore ID 5502

Site Number NC60SE 8

NGR NC 6751 0413

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Rogart
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NC60SE 8 6751 0413.

(NC 6751 0413) Stone Cup found A.D. 1864 (NAT)

OS 6"map, Sutherland, 2nd ed., (1907)

'In AD 1864 a stone cup with handle was found in the district of Muie a short distance south of the public road and is deposited in the Museum at Dunrobin.'

Name Book 1873.

The find spot of this stone cup is situated in an arable field at the base of the W side of a prominent natural hillock covered with bracken. No further information was obtained.

Visited by OS (W D J) 8 July 1963.

"From a cairn". Accession no: 1864.1.

Information from MS of Catalogue of Dunrobin Museum by A S Henshall.

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