Site type STONE
Canmore ID 24569
Site Number NN65NE 3
NGR NN 6540 5887
Council PERTH AND KINROSS
Parish FORTINGALL
Former Region TAYSIDE
Former District PERTH AND KINROSS
Former County PERTHSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NN63NE 3 6540 5887.

(NN 6540 5887) Clach a' Mharsainte (NAT)
OS 6" map (1900)

Clach n' Mharsainte (OS 6") or Clach a Mharsanda (the Merchant's Stone). Here a travelling packman was accidentally strangled.
A Stewart 1928

NN 6540 5887. A plain rough granite boulder, 1.0m high x 0.8m x 0.7m. Name confirmed locally.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 25 June 1969

Stewart, A (1928) A Highland parish or the history of Fortingall, Glasgow
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