<< Our Photo Pages >> Craigneich Stones - Standing Stones in Scotland in Perth and Kinross
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Craigneich Stones Alternative Name: Dunruchan, Cornoch, Shillinghill; Aodann MhorCountry: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Village: Muthill
Map Ref: NN7894816756 Landranger Map Number: 57
Latitude: 56.327666N Longitude: 3.959215W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Uralsdaughter visited on 22nd Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 3
SandyG visited on 5th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 2 Car parking is available at NN 78036 15154.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 2.5
Although claimed to be of Roman origin these stones are no different from the majority of standing stones.
There are separate site pages for some of the stones, with more details. See:
Stone C SID 47281 Dunruchan C
Stone D SID 47282 Dunruchan D and
Stone E SID 47283 Dunruchan E.
Update October 2019: This stone row and associated stones are featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for the Dunruchan Stones. The SRoGB describes this site as: "A probable single stone row perhaps measuring up to 1174m long and including up to seven large orthostats situated on a north facing slope. Five of the stones are upright and two maybe buried below small mounds … there are cairns and at least one other standing stone in the vicinity".
The SRoGB includes a map of the area which shows the location of each of the stones and standing stones in this row, photographs of the alignment, the individual stones and other standing stones and mounds in the area, access information and a list of online resources for more information.
The SRoGB also includes a detailed discussion about the interpretation of this row and its visual links, adding: "There is almost certainly at least one stone row at Dunruchan. The uncertainty relates to whether there were two conjoined rows, one relatively short row or one very long row".
The SRoGB also lists a number of scheduling records for this row. See Historic Environment Scotland
SM1543 (Dunruchan, two standing stones and mound 1900m W of);
SM1522 (Cornoch, standing stone 680m E of, Aodann Mhor);
SM1582 (Shillinghill, standing stone 500m SW of, Aodann Mhor); and
SM1526 (Craigneich, standing stone 150m SW of).
Also see Canmore ID 24790
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