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<< Text Pages >> Kirkmichael - Stone Circle in Scotland in Perth and Kinross

Submitted by BigSweetie on Thursday, 25 March 2004  Page Views: 5061

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kirkmichael
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.47 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Perth and Kinross Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Blairgowrie  Nearest Village: Kirkmichael
Map Ref: NO08085985  Landranger Map Number: 43
Latitude: 56.721240N  Longitude: 3.503566W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 4

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Kirkmichael parish was an area that was described by George Chalmers (1887) as possessing “a vast body of Druid remains,” there being “a number of Druid cairns in the vicinity of Druidical circles.” As we know, the term ‘druid’ has long fallen out of favour; and with it in this area, the sites themselves have taken a similar fate.

Found just south of the village, on raised ground 100 yards west of the river, this stone circle is not listed in any of the archaeological catalogues, but its existence was thankfully recorded in one of the essays by regional historian Charles Fergusson. (1899)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NO0859 : Tug-o-War at Kirkmichael Highland Games by Maigheach-gheal
by Maigheach-gheal
©2007(licence)
NO0759 : An eastwards view from near Sillerburn cemetery by Stanley Howe
by Stanley Howe
©2014(licence)
NO0859 : Recreation area, Kirkmichael by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2018(licence)
NO0859 : The Strathardle Hotel by James Denham
by James Denham
©2012(licence)
NO0859 : The Strathardle Hotel, Kirkmichael by Karl and Ali
by Karl and Ali
©2012(licence)

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Re: Kirkmichael by DavidHoyle on Monday, 22 November 2021
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TNA has this site about 250m to the south of TMP - 56.7212132295361, -3.50356444969908 grid ref NO 0808 5985 which fits with the description by Charles Fergusson so probably worth moving even though there is nothing remaining today :-(
David
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    Re: Kirkmichael by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 23 November 2021
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    I am intrigued as to how one can measure the position of a non existant place to accuracy of a thousandth of a micron (millionth part of a millimetre) !!!! Or indeed anything !! ;-)
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      Re: Kirkmichael by DavidHoyle on Wednesday, 24 November 2021
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      You are correct - I simply took the recorded original location grid ref (blieved to be reasonably accurate) and put it into a lat/long convertor. The original location of this site is reasonably well documented so although the circle is now non existant it was at this location (within I'm guessing 10-20m). The current location is out by a massive amount so this would improve things a bit. The original stone holes may also still be there and possibly discoverable via GPR so finding the exact location of the original from this new location would be easier than searching an entire village for filled holes.
      I suppose this all assumes that the original location for a site was in some way significant beyond merely somewhere convenient for the original builders.

      More details: http://www.thenorthernantiquarian.org/2019/06/27/tom-a-clachan/ David
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