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Spittal, Millstone Quarry

Quarry (Period Unassigned), Millstone (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Spittal, Millstone Quarry

Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned), Millstone (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Mill Stone

Canmore ID 44633

Site Number NS59NW 15

NGR NS 507 973

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Stirling
  • Parish Drymen
  • Former Region Central
  • Former District Stirling
  • Former County Stirlingshire

Archaeology Notes

NS59NW 15 507 973.

Situated 70 yds NE of a disused croft named Spittal, just over a mile NNW of Dalmary. It consists of two contiguous saucer-shaped hollows which have been cut out of a ridge of conglomerate. Each hollow measures 6 ft in diameter across the top and about 1ft in depth, and represents the cavity from which a millstone has been removed.

RCAHMS 1963, visited 17 March 1958.

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