Monument record MHG6837 - Upper Port
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NJ 0537 2913 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NJ02NE |
Old County | MORAYSHIRE |
Civil Parish | CROMDALE, INVERALLAN AND ADVIE |
Geographical Area | BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY |
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Full Description
NJ02NE 2 054 290.
(A: NJ 0533 2912) (B: NJ 0540 2913) (C: NJ 0546 2906) (D: NJ 0547 2906) Stones (NAT) (Twice)
OS 6"map, (1938)
The stones are not shown on first edition 6"map, but are scheduled as 'standing stones - Upper Port - Grantown-on-Spey'.
OS 6"map, Morayshire, 1st ed., (1868)
The remains of a stone circle, described in the captions to the illustrations as 'standing stones'.
Ther are four stones, three of which (A, C and D) range in height from 4ft 3ins to 5ft 3 1/2ins. The height of the fourth is not quoted.
F R Coles 1907.
Four standing stones, situated in a cultivated field. Stone 'B' is 1.0m high. Stone 'A' is the only one with a packing of small stones at the base.
There is nothing to suggest that these stones are part of a circle.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 1 September 1966.
Coles, F R, 1907, 'Report on stone circles surveyed in the North-East of Scotland (Banffshire and Moray), with measured plans and drawings; obtained under the Gunning Fellowship', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 41 1906-7, p.130-72, 131 (Text/Publication/Article). SHG1403.
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- --- SHG1403 Text/Publication/Article: Coles, F R. 1907. 'Report on stone circles surveyed in the North-East of Scotland (Banffshire and Moray), with measured plans and drawings; obtained under the Gunning Fellowship', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 41 1906-7, p.130-72. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 130-72. 131.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM