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<< Our Photo Pages >> The Great Stane O' Pendreigh - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Stirling

Submitted by peigimccann on Sunday, 20 August 2017  Page Views: 1932

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Great Stane O' Pendreigh
Country: Scotland County: Stirling Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Bridge of Allan
Map Ref: NS8138299686
Latitude: 56.175006N  Longitude: 3.912218W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
3 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
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The Great Stane O' Pendreigh
The Great Stane O' Pendreigh submitted by peigimccann : The Great Stane O' Pendreigh (Vote or comment on this photo)
Fallen Standing Stone in Stirling. This is a solid but fallen four-sided pillar, 13 feet long and tapering 4'6" to 1'6" wide.

It is reputed to have been placed to commemorate Wallace’s victories. Some say it was placed in memory of the Shepherd of Braco who dispatched with his broadsword a large number of dragoons who are now buried beneath the stone. However, the stone is several thousand years older than the tales it supposedly commemorates.

The stone is located 670 yards west of the old Sheriffmuir Road (Bridge of Allan to Greenloaning) on the edge of the Ochil Hills. Paths up to the stone vary from year to year, but access isn’t difficult. The view from the hill is 360º with Dumyat to the south.

This standing stone is also recorded as Canmore ID 47124, the latest entry from 1978 reading: "This fallen standing stone measures 1.4m broad, 0.5m thick and 4m in length."

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this stone - see their entry for Pendreich Muir, Dunbland, Stirlingshire, which gives directions for finding this site, together with a photograph and a brief archaeology & history. TNA describe this as "a wonderful spot, located at the highest point on this small, lowland region of the western edge of the Ochil Hills."
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The Great Stane O' Pendreigh
The Great Stane O' Pendreigh submitted by peigimccann : The Great Stane O' Pendreigh and Dumyat (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Great Stane O' Pendreigh
The Great Stane O' Pendreigh submitted by peigimccann : The Great Stane O' Pendreigh (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NS8199 : Sheriffmuir Road by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2005(licence)
NS8199 : Moorland above Cocksburn by Chris Wimbush
by Chris Wimbush
©2007(licence)
NS8199 : Old Beauly - Denny power line by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2012(licence)
NS8199 : Sheriffmuir Road by Chris Wimbush
by Chris Wimbush
©2008(licence)
NS8199 : Pylon to west of Sheriffmuir Road by Alpin Stewart
by Alpin Stewart
©2014(licence)

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 341m SSW 205° Pendreich 2 (Bridge of Allan) Cairn (NS81239938)
 459m SSW 214° Split Stone (Bridge of Allan) Standing Stone (Menhir) (NS8111699311)
 470m SSW 195° Pendreich 1 (Bridge of Allan) Cairn (NS8124499236)
 484m SSW 194° Pendreich 3 (Bridge of Allan) Cairn (NS81259922)
 1.1km WSW 239° Cuparlaw Wood (Bridge of Allan) Cairn (NS80469916)
 1.6km S 180° Fairy Well (Logie)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NS81359804)
 2.3km SW 228° Fairy Knowe (Bridge of Allan)* Cairn (NS79619818)
 2.5km N 351° The Gathering Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NN8105602191)
 2.7km S 175° Logie Old Kirk (Stirling)* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (NS81549696)
 2.8km SSW 207° Lentran (Bridge of Allan) Cist (NS80039720)
 2.9km SSW 194° Pathfoot Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NS8060496871)
 3.1km S 178° The Victoria Stone* Marker Stone (NS8141296608)
 3.1km W 281° Kippenross House (Dunblane) Cairn (NN78370036)
 3.2km NE 34° Sheriff Muir Row* Stone Row / Alignment (NN83240226)
 3.2km S 178° Airthrey Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NS81409650)
 3.6km WNW 296° Dunblane Museum* Museum (NN7819301343)
 3.6km WNW 296° Dunblane Cathedral* Class III Pictish Cross Slab (NN78170139)
 4.0km S 191° Bel Stane (Causewayhead) Standing Stone (Menhir) (NS805958)
 4.1km S 185° Abbey Craig Vitrified Fort* Hillfort (NS80949565)
 4.3km NNE 33° Harperstone (Dunblane) Stone Circle (NN838032)
 4.6km N 349° White Stone* Standing Stones (NN80630420)
 5.4km ENE 79° Bengengie North Ancient Village or Settlement (NN8668000601)
 5.5km SSW 200° Our Lady's Well (Stirling) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NS79329454)
 5.9km W 276° Doune (Glenhead)* Stone Row / Alignment (NN7549300457)
 6.0km SE 133° Lady's Well (Tullibody) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NS85639548)
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Cairns of Pendreigh by Anonymous on Sunday, 20 August 2017
A few hundred yards to the south of the Great Stane O' Pendreigh are three cairns overlooking what is now Cocksburn Reservoir:

Pendreich 1
NS 8124 9922
http://canmore.org.uk/site/47127
A turf-covered cairn at 800' OD, 40' in diameter by 2'8" in height with a shallow depression in the centre filled with a few boulders.

Pendreich 2
NS 8123 9938
http://canmore.org.uk/site/47119
A grass-covered stony mound - 200 yds north of Pendreich 1 - 20' in diameter and 9’ above ground level.

Pendreich 3
NS 8125 9922
http://canmore.org.uk/site/47134
A Bronze Age cairn 24' in diameter and 6" in height.

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