"The Wolf Stone" BRORA, East Sutherland, Scotland

stone inscription

 

wolf stone 1 wolf stone 2

The wolf stone is located on the A9, the main Highland road, approx 2 miles north of the village of Brora

east sutherland views

Views across East Sutherland from the wolf stone 1998

east sutherland views

 

"TO MARK THE PLACE NEAR WHICH (ACCORDING TO SCOPE'S "ART OF DEERSTALKING") THE LAST WOLF IN SUTHERLAND WAS KILLED BY THE HUNTER , POLSON IN OR ABOUT THE YEAR 1700, THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF PORTLAND, K.C., A.D. 1924."

 

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