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Category Archives: Standing Stones
Drumend, Easter Rattray, Perthshire
Stone Circle (ruins): OS Grid Reference – NO 20175 45825 Also Known as: Canmore ID 30760 Old Rattray Getting Here Just less than a mile east of Blairgowrie, the site is situated about 200 yards along a farm track that … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Scotland, Standing Stones, Stone Circles
Tagged Archaeology, Blairgowrie, Bronze Age, Drumend, Easter Rattray, Heathen Ritual, megalithic, Megaliths, neolithic, Old Rattray, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, Rattray Parish, River Ericht, ruined circle, sacred sites, Scotland, Standing Stanes Farm, Standing Stones, Stone Circles
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Croc-tigh-goil, Ribigill, Tongue, Sutherland
Standing Stones (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NC 582 541 Also Known as: Canmore ID 5349 Archaeology & History When I visited this place last year, I had a good look all around for any trace of what James Horsburgh (1870) … Continue reading
Spittal of Glenshee, Kirkmichael, Perthshire
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – NO 10865 70201 Also Known as: Canmore ID 29609 Getting Here Take to A93 road, north, between Blairgowrie and Braemar, keeping your eyes peeled many miles on, to turn left along the minor road as you … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Scotland, Standing Stones
Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Braemar, Bronze Age, earth mysteries, faerie, fairies, Glenshee, heritage, Kirkmichael, legends, little people, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, sith, Spittal of Glenshee, Standing Stones, traditions
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Tods Stone, Monifieth, Angus
Standing Stone (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NO 486 339? Archaeology & History The only reference I can find about this site is in A.J. Warden’s (1880) massive survey of the county of Angus—previously called ‘Forfarshire’—where, in his discussion of … Continue reading
Posted in Angus, Scotland, Standing Stones
Tagged ancient sites, Angus, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Dundee, earth mysteries, etymology, Forfarshire, heritage, megalithic, Megaliths, Monifieth, monoliths, neolithic, place-names, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Standing Stones, Tayside
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Balkello, Tealing, Angus
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – NO 36332 38305 Also Known as: Canmore ID 31871 The Standing Stone of Balkello Getting Here From the little village of Kirkton of Auchterhouse, take the winding road uphill east as if you’re heading to … Continue reading
Posted in Angus, Scotland, Standing Stones
Tagged ancient sites, ancient tracks, Angus, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Dundee, folklore, heritage, Kirkton of Auchterhouse, ley-lines, leys, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, standing stone of Balkello, Standing Stones, Tealing, traditions
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Salachary Stones, Kilmartin, Argyll
Standing Stones: OS Grid Reference – NM 8405 0403 Also Known as: Canmore ID 22831 Getting Here Roughly halfway between the staggering standing stone at Kintraw and the farmhouse of Salachary a coupla miles east along the A816 road to Kilmartin, … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Scotland, Standing Stones
Tagged airts, ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Ardfern, Argyll, Bronze Age, Ford, heritage, Kilmartin, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Standing Stones, stone rows
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Meikle Findowie, Little Dunkeld, Perthshire
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – NN 96105 39143 Also Known as: Canmore ID 86434 Getting Here Along the A822 road between Dunkeld and Milton, 4.7 miles (7.6km) west of the A9, turn left down the track signposted ‘Meikle Findowie’. About 700 … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Scotland, Standing Stones
Tagged ancient history, ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Dunkeld, heritage, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Standing Stones, Strathbraan, trackways
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Murrayshall, Scone, Perthshire
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – NO 15200 26263 Also Known as: Balgarvie (Swarbrick) Canmore ID 28135 Mill of Bonhard Getting Here On the main road (A94) through Scone, go east along either Murrayshall Road or Bonhard Road for a short … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Perthshire, Scotland, Standing Stones
Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, earth mysteries, Gowrie, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, Murrayshall, neolithic, Perth, Perthshire, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scone, Scotland, Standing Stones
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Stone Hill Head, Allerston Moor, North Yorkshire
Standing Stone (missing): OS Grid Reference – SE 881 947 Archaeology & History A number of standing stones were reported by regional historian Robert Knox (1855) in his antiquarian work of this area, but forestry and vandalism has seen the demise … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Standing Stones, Yorkshire, North
Tagged airts, Allerston, Allerston Moor, ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Broxa, druidis, druidism, England, english heritage, Fylingdales, geomancy, Goathland, megalithic, Megaliths, neolithic, North Yorkshire, Pickering, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Silpho, Stone Circles
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Witches Stone, St. Martin’s, Perthshire
‘Standing Stone’: OS Grid Reference – NO 15927 31609 Also Known as: Canmore ID 28628 Getting Here Going north-eastish from the city of Perth, take either the A93 or A94, turning west along the A93 a mile south of Guildtown, or east … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Scotland, Standing Stones
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Balbeggie, Bronze Age, cailleach, earth mysteries, folklore, Guildtown, heritage, legends, MacBeth, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, moots, neolithic, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, ritual magick, sacred sites, Scotland, St. Martins, Standing Stones, Strathmore, Tayside, traditions, William Shakespeare, witchcraft, witches
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