Monument record MHG8087 - Possible Standing Stone, Douniehill
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6944 8672 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH68NE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | EDDERTON |
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Full Description
NH68NE 46 6944 8672
Situated in a field some 300m NE of Dounie is a thin, pointed slab,
2.1m high, 1m long and 0.2m thick; it is published as Standing
Stone in non-antiquity type on OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907). It is unmarked and no information about it could be obtained locally. Visited by OS (WDJ) 17 June 1963.
This may have been a prehistoric standing stone. It was removed about 1970. A sandstone slab lying on a nearby clearance heap may be the stone.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG2670 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 17, No. 116.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
