MHG8087 - Possible Standing Stone, Douniehill
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- STANDING STONE (Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 551 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
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)
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6944 8672 (10m by 10m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH68NE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | EDDERTON |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/13848 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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