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Natural PlacesSite Name: St Fillan''s Chair (Dundurn) Alternative Name: Dundurn; Fillan's Chair; St Fillan's Bed
Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Comrie Nearest Village: Dundurn
Map Ref: NN70812325
Latitude: 56.383820N Longitude: 4.093919W
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

no data Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

no data Access:

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.

no data Accuracy:

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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Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Perth and Kinross

This legendary rock is featured on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) - see their entry for St. Fillan’s Chair, Dundurn, Comrie, Perthshire which gives directions for finding this site, together with photographs, a brief archaeology & history and local folklore.

The site is also recorded as Canmore ID 24876, an extract from which reads: "The spring of St Fillan, at the W end of Strathearne is at the foot of a rock, a quarter of a mile south of Dun-Fhaolain (St Fillan's Hill). It is still visited by invalids especially on 1st May and the 1st August. A white stone is thrown on the saint's cairn and rags are left. A rock on the summit of the hill formed a chair for saint. At the foot of the hill there is a basin made by the saint, on the top of a large stone."

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

NN7023 : St Fillans Hill from Wester Dundurn, Perthshire by Anthony O'Neil — by Anthony O'Neil
©2009(licence)

NN7023 : St Fillan's Hill by Dr Richard Murray — by Dr Richard Murray
©2008(licence)

NN7023 : On St Fillan's Hill by Anthony O'Neil — by Anthony O'Neil
©2014(licence)

NN7023 : Wild goats on the eastern slope of St Fillans Hill, near Dundurn by Anthony O'Neil — by Anthony O'Neil
©2009(licence)

NN7023 : Rugged terrain at Dundurn by Alan Reid — by Alan Reid
©2015(licence)

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