<< Our Photo Pages >> Gleneagles A - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Perth and Kinross
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gleneagles A Alternative Name: Peterhead Farm A (Gleneagles); Loaninghead A; Blackford ACountry: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Auchterarder Nearest Village: Gleneagles
Map Ref: NN9211509625 Landranger Map Number: 58
Latitude: 56.266813N Longitude: 3.743481W
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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Anne T visited on 13th Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Peterhead Farm Standing Stone, Gleneagles: Our last stop of the day. Driving (it was too hot, and we were too lazy to walk) further along the single track road towards the mast and the entrance to Peterhead Farm, we parked near the mast and walked across the road. The nearest gate into the field appeared to be near the farm buildings, so we clambered over the wooden fence at the corner of the road with the farm track.
This standing stone looks as if it sits just below the top of a natural mound. There were quite a few packing stones around the base of the stone, with others scattered around the ground nearby.
Klingon visited on 4th Oct 2017 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 3 Access: 4
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4.5
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features two entries for this stone and it's companion, Gleneagles B, which is a couple of hundred metres away. See Gleneagles ‘A’, Blackford, Perthshire for directions on how to find this stone together with a brief archaeology & history and photographs.
Canmore ID 25924 gives details of both stones, which are to be found at NN 9243 0981 and NN 9211 0962. For stone A, to be found at NN 9211 0962, Canmore says: "('A') Standing stone, somewhat cylindrical in form and tilted towards the west, 3ft 10ins high. Similar to 'B' but has no artificial markings."
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