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Gairshie

Cup Marked Stone

Nearest Town:Kyle of Lochalsh (13km NW)
OS Ref (GB):   NG841167 / Sheet: 33
Latitude:57° 11' 24.65" N
Longitude:   5° 34' 24.9" W

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Another cup-marked stone close to the road that I should have seen, but had to forgo. Like the other known as Balvraid, I don't think this one is marked on Landranger maps.

I find it nice to hear that the discoverer, back in 1882, who found it in a pile of clearance stones, valued it to such an extent that they refused permission for it to be carted off to a museum.

It is described as "A flat stone slab 3'9" x 2'9" bearing 30 distinct cup-marks "
Hob Posted by Hob
18th August 2005ce