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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SCULPTURED STONE [Hilton of Cadboll] Sculptured Stone Mr Macleod. Invergordon Castle
Mr A. Munro, Invergordon Mains
Mr J. Urquhart, Invergordon
066 "The Stone at Hilton of Cadboll" (This stone was removed a few years ago from Milton of Cadboll by Mr Macleod, the proprietor, and put up where it now stands near Invergordon Castle) is one of three which stood no great distance from each other on the low coast of Ross shire, on the north side of Cromarty Frith, They are perhaps the most remarkable in Scotland for their elaborate finish and varied representation. A country tradition assigns to them a common origin, as the memorials of three Danish Princes who were buried here, The stone at Hilton, has at some former period been taken down and converted into a grave stone, and it now lies in a shed, the wall of which is believed to form part of an ancient chapel. For this purpose one of the sides was smoothed by erasing the ancient sculpture from it and following inscription was substituted: He that lives well - dyes well - says Solomon -the wise - Heir lies Alexander Duff - and his three wives. The stone is referred to by Cordiner in his antiquities and Scenery of the North of Scotland p.p. [pages] 65, 66, London 1780, and in his remarkable [continued on page 112]

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