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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dalchirla East (Muthill) Alternative Name: Muthill; Dalchirla FarmCountry: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Crieff Nearest Village: Ochtermuthill
Map Ref: NN8244615893
Latitude: 56.320798N Longitude: 3.902296W
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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Standing Stones in Perth and Kinross
These two prehistoric standing stones are recorded as Canmore ID 25355. Their entry from a 1911 report says: "Two upright stones which are traditionally said to be the remains of a Druidicidal Temple (Name Book 1860). They are 7' 8" and 4' 4" high and 8' apart. There is no indication of the former position of other stones." An entry from 1967 adds: "Between them, and in line, is an earthfast stone, 1.0m long by 0.5m wide by 0.3m high, the significance of which could not be ascertained. There is no indication of these stones having formed part of a stone circle."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also has a page for this site - see their entry for Dalchirla (east), Muthill, Perthshire which contains photographs, directions for finding these stones and a brief archaeology and history. They also show a diagram of "Thom's geometry of Dlachirla' and add that the stone laid between the two standing stones has cup marks. They add: "the measurements and angles of Dalchira East were examined by the late great Alexander Thom (1967; 1990) who thought they had been positioned specifically to observe and predict lunar movements across the sky, saying that the alignment of these stones “shows the declination of the Moon rising at the minor standstill.” He may have been right."
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