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Submitted by Ladrin on Saturday, 06 April 2024  Page Views: 8454

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dowally Alternative Name: Clachan More
Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Dunkeld  Nearest Village: Dowally
Map Ref: NO0003948005  Landranger Map Number: 52
Latitude: 56.613217N  Longitude: 3.630295W
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
 5 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.
 5 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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ladrin visited on 17th Mar 2024 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Pair of standing stones located by the green garden hedge of the small cottage. Both monoliths are quite impressive slabs up to 230cm respectively 260cm high. Western stone has distinctive vertical quartzite vein. According existing sources the stones are not in its origin location. They were relocated and rearanged after one was hit by the bus and broken sometimes before 1975. Owner of the house is accommodating and sympathizing with stone-enthusiast so the permission is no problem at all.

Dowally
Dowally submitted by ladrin : Pair of stones known also as Clachan More standing stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A pair of standing stones located by the green garden hedge of the small cottage. Both monoliths are quite impressive slabs up to 230cm and 260cm tall. The western stone has a distinctive vertical quartzite vein. According to existing sources the stones are not in its origin location. They were relocated and rearranged after one was hit by the bus and broken sometimes before 1975.

The current owner of the house is accommodating to stone-enthusiasts so the permission should not be an issue if asked for politely.

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Dowally
Dowally submitted by ladrin : After being damaged the stones were relocated (image rights canmore.org.uk) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dowally
Dowally submitted by ladrin : One of the stone was damaged before 1975 (image rights canmore.org.uk) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dowally submitted by ladrin : Nice menhirs of Dowally. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dowally submitted by ladrin : Sometimes before 1975 one of the stone was hit and broken by the bus. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dowally
Dowally submitted by ladrin : Distinctive vertical quartzite vein on surface of the western stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dowally
Dowally submitted by ladrin : Quite impressive slabs up to 260cm respectively 230cm high.

Dowally
Dowally submitted by ladrin : Standing Stones in Dowally

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Re: Dowally by ladrin on Saturday, 06 April 2024
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Hi admin, correct location is on the other side of the road:
56.613219, -3.630288
thank you :-)
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    Re: Dowally by Andy B on Saturday, 06 April 2024
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    Location updated. Thanks for getting the first photos of these stones for us Ladrin - great find - front page! I hope you had a good trip to Scotland.
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Re: Dowally by Anonymous on Tuesday, 03 May 2005
Nice to see the Dowally Stones listed. I used to live in Dowally Cottage during WW 2. At that time the main road ran on the E. side very close to the cottage and our garden where the stones stood.

It was said that a face could be seen on one of the stones but I could never make it out. It was probably an irregulaity of the rock surface rather than an artifact.

Much has changed in Dowally but the Stones are still there.
Thanks..R.McI.Clark.
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