"The Wolf Stone" BRORA, East Sutherland, Scotland

stone inscription

 

"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."

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 in East Sutherland, Scotland

east sutherland views

Views across East Sutherland from the wolf stone in 1998

east sutherland views

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