MHG3497 - Gask

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CUP MARKED STONE (Undated)

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NH63NE 3 6775 3611.

There is a cup-marked stone on the moors above Gask, between the farm and a large conglomerate block to the north-west. It is of yellowish sandstone and is roughly triangular, being 4 feet in length by 3 feet 10 inches at the base, and 4 feet thick. The lower part, which was under ground when first discovered bears one cup and some curious hollows: the exposed part bears 6 rough and weathered cups.
W Jolly 1882.

Stone not located.
Visited by OS (E G C) 5 September 1963.

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--- SHG1317 Text/Publication/Article: Jolly, W. 1882. On cup-marked stones in the neighbourhood of Inverness; with an appendix on cup-marked stones in the Western Islands. Proc Soc Antiq Scot Volume 16. 300-401. 347; fig. 51.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 6774 3611 (10m by 10m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH63NE
Civil Parish	DAVIOT AND DUNLICHITY
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/13130 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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