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Submitted by Nick on Tuesday, 05 November 2002  Page Views: 7955

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pitsundry
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.551 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Perth and Kinross Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: NO0558834454  Landranger Map Number: 52
Latitude: 56.492672N  Longitude: 3.534986W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
4 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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Pitsundry
Pitsundry submitted by hamish : This is the south face of the stone also known as St Bride's Stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ruined stone circle in Perthshire, there's only one stone there now, although there used to be a circle.

In an article in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries Scotland in 1908, FR Coles wrote:
"The circle at Blelock (since renamed Pitsundry) consisted of a central upright monolith, at one time surrounded by a circle of erect stones, probably twelve in number, 40ft in diameter. The farmer had removed several of the circle of stones: some were buried near their former positions."

when the OS visited it in 1969, they wrote:
"A single stone, 1.6m high and having several cup marks on its SE face, stands at NO 0561 3444. There are no indications of a stone circle and the farmer has not encountered any large stones while ploughing."

Leave the A9 at Bankfoot, and turn east into the Tullybelton road. Follow this past the turning to Pitsundry farm, and you will see the stone up on the rise to your left. There is an area to park beside the gate into the field. Walk up the side of the field by the fence to reach the stone. One eroded cup mark is evident on the lower left area of the stone on its eastern face
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Pitsundry
Pitsundry submitted by hamish : This is the north face of the stone. This stone is also known as St Bride's Stone, some where in the area is a St Bride's Well. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Pitsundry Stone
The Pitsundry Stone submitted by Nick : Leave the A9 at Bankfoot, and turn east into the Tullybelton road. Follow this past the turning to Pitsundry farm, and you will see the stone up on the rise to your left. There is an area to park beside the gate into the field. Walk up the side of the field by the fence to reach the stone. One eroded cup mark is evident on the lower left area of the stone on its eastern face (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NO0534 : Pitsundry Standing Stone by Michael Murray
by Michael Murray
©2008(licence)
NO0534 : Fields at Pitsundry by David Purchase
by David Purchase
©2012(licence)
NO0534 : St Brides by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2007(licence)
NO0534 : Over Blelock by William Starkey
by William Starkey
©2011(licence)
NO0534 : Over Blelock by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2007(licence)

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Re: Pitsundry by BigSweetie on Saturday, 06 July 2002
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there's only one stone there now, although there used to be a circle. in an article in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries Scotland in 1908, FR Coles wrote:

"The circle at Blelock (since renamed Pitsundry) consisted of a central upright monolith, at one time surrounded by a circle of erect stones, probably twelve in number, 40ft in diameter. The farmer had removed several of the circle of stones: some were buried near their former positions."

when the OS visited it in 1969, they wrote:

"A single stone, 1.6m high and having several cup marks on its SE face, stands at NO 0561 3444. There are no indications of a stone circle and the farmer has not encountered any large stones while ploughing."

Directions:

Come off the A9 at Bankfoot, onto the B867. Take the third road to the left, then on that road, take the third left again. Follow the road round out of Bankfoot. Pitsundry is the first farm on the left (about half a mile out of Bankfoot). Looking up the farm's drive from the road, the standing stone is about 100m to the right of the farm, at the field's edge.
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