MHG65575 - Cross-marked stone - Ardclach

Summary

There is a documentary reference to a cross-marked stone at Ardclach.

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Full Description

There is a documentary reference to a cross-marked stone at Ardclach.

In his 1900 book 'The Natural History of a Highland Parish: Ardclach, Nairnshire', Robert Thomson, minister of Ardclach, wrote that: "A large boulder, called the Priest’s Stone, bearing the figure of a basso relievo cross, is said to have been covered over by the workmen, about seventy years ago, when repairing the present county road leading down the brae to the parish church." <1>

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 9542 4522 (57m by 57m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NH94NE
Civil Parish ARDCLACH
Geographical Area NAIRN

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