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MHG63207 - Cup marked stone on a Souterrain - Suisgill Bridge

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A cup marked stone on a souterrain at Suisgill Bridge.

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NC82NE 15 8979 2506.

(NC 89792506) Earth House (NR) OS 6"map, (1962)

The remains of a souterrain, discovered during field investigation, beside road, whose construction has cut away all but the end 4m. Entry is prevented by an iron grille over the opening, but the souterrain has been of the usual drystone construction, 1.2m wide and 2m high. The roof slabs are still in situ.
Visited by OS (J L D) 5 June 1961

No change to previous field report; no evidence of an associated hut circle. Visited by OS (J B) 2 December 1976

The remains of this souterrain lie to NE of public road (A897). Aligned from NNE to SSW, its SSW end has been destroyed during construction of road, surviving portion measuring 4.1m in length, 1.3m in breadth and 1m in height. An aumbry is visible at the end of the SE wall of the passage. Immediately to the ESE of the souterrain there is a roughly circular platform which may have been the stance for a hut-circle. There is a slab resting on the surface above the souterrain with at least five slight cup-marks on its face.
(KILD91 191)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 10 April 1991.

This panel was recorded as part of the ScRAP (Scotland’s Rock Art project) by members of NoSAS in October 2019. The panel lies in rough grazing on the grassy bank immediately above the entrance to the damaged souterrain at Suisgill. The souterrain is close to the main road, and a rough track which leads off it has damaged the entrance. It is at the east edge of a flat area of ground where the valley of the Suisgill Burn opens out as it joins the Helmsdale River.

The panel is a triangular slab of schist 0.8m x 0.6m and rising to 0.2m above the ground. The surface is flat and horizontal, on two levels separated by a step in the rock. The higher north part has 2 cups, and the south part has 6. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2020 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

(See MHG11390 for souterain)

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Grid reference	Centred NC 8978 2505 (7m by 7m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC82NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	KILDONAN

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