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Caithness Field Club Bulletin
THE SCULPTURED STONES OF CAITHNESS
A survey by Tim Blackie and Colin Macaulay
Reference Number: S3C/22

Name: Castletown

Description: Sculptured Stone

Present Location: Lost

Original Location: Cairn of Hattel,
ND 1877 6901
Other Documentation: IMCC No 335,
  OS 1873, 7:31

Dimensions: Height 6 feet, other dimensions unknown

Stone Lost

Notes: This stone once stood in a corner of a field near the foreshore west of Castletown, on a low mound which has now been ploughed over. According to a report of 1877, the stone was sculptured with "a very crude drawing, resembling a greyhound" (OS 1873, 7:31). It is not known what became of the stone, and an inspection of the immediate locality has failed to shed any further light.