MHG3311 - Drumcore

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CUP MARKED STONE (Undated)

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NH53SW 6 51 31.

'A stone, built into the dike along the road between Drumcore and Upper Drumbuie (NH 5131) shows two (cup) markings - one 2 inches in diameter and 1/4 inch deep; and the other, which has been fractured, was about 3 inches diameter, and somewhat deeper than the former. The stone is a fragment of a carried boulder of gneiss, which lay upon the great conglomerate in the adjoining field until it was broken up a few years ago and cleared off.'
A Grant 1888

Stone not located. Drumcore is a depopulated steading at NH 512 311. Visited by OS (R L) 11 Feburary 1970

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--- SHG1282 Text/Publication/Article: Grant, A. 1888. 'Notice of the opening of a sepulchral cairn at Balnalick, Glen Urquhart, Inverness-shire; with notes on cup-marked stones in Glen Urquhart', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 22 1887-8, p.42-51. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 42-51. 47.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 5099 3100 (10m by 10m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH53SW
Civil Parish	URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/12645 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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