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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: BalnabroichCountry: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Pitlochry Nearest Village: Balmyle
Map Ref: NO0917556752 Landranger Map Number: 53
Latitude: 56.693632N Longitude: 3.484584W
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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One Single and a Pair of Standing Stones in Perthshire
This site is described on Canmore 27267, which says that "two stones stand on a natural mound. The stone on the N is a rough mass of whinstone 4'2" high with a basal girth of 10'9". Close in front of its E edge is a small, flat, apparently earth-fast block, nearly flush with the ground" and give the grid references as NO 0916 5658 and NO 0916 5674.
Confusingly, the Canmore entry goes onto say there are "three standing stones ... 'A' in an open field ..... immediately S of this stone is a large flat slab about 1' below ground level which he has caught several times with (the) plough but is too heavy to move. Stones 'B' and 'C' stand on top of a narrow glacial ridge, a prominent, though restricted, position which indicates that the stones have never been part of a stone circle or cairn. The "small, flat, apparently earth-fast block" is part of the packing around the base of stone 'B'. The grid reference of the third stone is given as NO 0917 5675.
These stones are also described on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA). See their page for Balnabroich, Kirkmichael, Perthshire. TNA give directions for finding these stones, together with photographs and the archaeology and history of the immediate area. TNA tells us that the single stone, sitting in the open field (now used as a cattle rubbing stone), may have at "one time in its distant past have been related to the present pair of standing stones hiding in the small remain of trees 148 yards (135.5m) to the south."
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