A Knocking Stone

A Knocking Stone

ID: PC_BRUCE_COLIN_08 DESCRIPTION: A Knocking stone at The Corr, a croft near Latheron, Caithness. Knocking stones were used for pounding oats. Generally, only poorer people processed oats this way, being unable to afford mechanically rolled oats. To avoid embarrassment, these stones were sometime referred to as font stones. PLACENAME: The Corr DISTRICT: Caithness - Southern OLD COUNTY/PARISH: CAITHNESS: Latheron SOURCE: Colin Bruce COLLECTION: The Corr, Latheron Asset ID: 51075