Barra Hill, Wallace's Putting Stone
Stone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Barra Hill, Wallace's Putting Stone
Classification Stone (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 144326
Site Number NJ82NW 107
NGR NJ 8024 2571
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Bourtie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ82NW 107 8024 2571
Wallace's Putting Stone [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1994.
(Location cited as NJ 8024 2570). This huge mass of serpentine rock is a glacial erratic and is situated on the summit of Barra Hill at an altitude of 190m OD. It lies within the fort NJ82NW 4 and is alleged to have been thrown by Wallace from the top of Bennachie.
Name Book 1867; NMRS, MS/712/80.
