<< Our Photo Pages >> Dunruchan D (Muthill) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Perth and Kinross
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dunruchan D (Muthill) Alternative Name: Aodann Mhor; Cornoch; Shillinghill; CraigneichCountry: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Village: Muthill
Map Ref: NN7904416881
Latitude: 56.328813N Longitude: 3.957721W
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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Uralsdaughter visited on 22nd Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 2
SandyG visited on 5th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 2 Car parking is available at NN 78036 15154.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 5 Access: 2
This prehistoric standing stone is recorded as part of Canmore ID 24790 which describes 6 stones said to mark the graves of Roman soldiers who fell in a battle between the Romans and Caledonians. This record contains the grid references of each of the individual stones.
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this stone, see their entry for Dunruchan ‘D’ Standing Stone, Muthill, Perthshire, which gives directions for finding the site together with photographs, a brief archaeology & history and a 1911 drawing of the stone.
TNA include Coles' description of this stone: “New features are presented in combination with this Stone. In lieu of being set absolutely solitary on the heath, there are, extending for a considerable area almost around its base, many stones and boulders laid in the form of a flattish circular cairn or platform (see ground-plan). The monolith, which leans over towards the north, is set to the south of the crest of the cairn, and there is a considerable fall from the crest to the level of the moor around it, indicating that a very great quantity of small stones must have been employed in making the cairn. The interior, shown dotted on the plan, bears signs of having been partially excavated, probably the cause of the Stone being so much out of the vertical. The stony cairn or platform measures 15 feet in diameter, and consists of moderate sized stones. The base of the great Standing Stone is oblong, and measures in girth 14 feet 2 inches. Down the slope of its back the length is 10 feet, and its present vertical height 8 feet 6 inches. The longer axis is almost exactly due east and west. From this spot the next Stone in order can be easily seen…”
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