Monument record MHG8978 - Swordale
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5499 6499 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH56SW |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KILTEARN |
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Full Description
NH56NE 12 unlocated.
In September, 1864, Mr. Joass, Dingwall, walked across from Dingwall to Swordale by way of Mountgerald (NH 5761) and on a little patch of uncultivated land he stumbled upon a specimen of a cup and ring-marked stone. He then made a search and discovered ten specimens. Since then he found four or five others, all 'with- in a radius of ten acres in extent', most of them lying close together. They bear a multiplicity of markings, varying from the smallest cup to the most complicated figures. ISSFC 1885.
No further info could be gained from enquiries made at Swordale. The stones described could be anywhere within an area of several square kilometres, much of which has since been afforested.
Visited by OS (R D L) 4 May 1963
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG1622 Text/Publication/Article: ISSFC. 1885. 'The Black Rock in Ross-shire', Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club Vol. 1 1875-80, p.361-70. Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club. 361-70. 367-8.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
