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The OS Name Book records in 1863 that several standing stones were removed from here "within living memory." The circle stood on the brow of a small hill, 180m NNW of Williamston steading.
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Writing in 1911, an A Scott told of a "Druid Temple" standing at Craigmakerran, which had been reduced to two stones after others were removed for building purposes. The site was apparently recorded previously on an OS map, although not on the 1867 one.
The RCAHMS are very dismissive of this, suggesting that Scott was getting confused with the two standing stones at Wolfhill, although their only reasoning behind this would appear to be that both sites consisted of two stones, ignoring the fact that Wolfhill is a kilometre away.
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Fred Coles was told by several residents of Comrie that their forebears had told of "several great stones forming a rudely circular group" on top of Tom na Chessaig. There is a large whinstone still at the site, at NN 7701 2205, which may have been one of the standing stones. Legend has it that the rest of the stones were destroyed at the time the nearby church was built.
Interestingly, there is a reference in the Old Statistical Accounts to a "druidical temple" near Comrie (Tom na Chessaig is on the western edge of Comrie) which was destroyed around 1784, and the stones used in the building of a house. This may well have been the circle on Tom na Chessaig.
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Balmuick wasn't marked on the 1866 OS map, but it now appears on modern OS maps
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Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre is open all year round - in winter the shop and café aren't open, but there's an "honesty box" for your entrance fee.This post appears as part of the blog post " a wallaby?! in Perthshire?! in winter?!" |
Directions - head west from Perth on the A85, passing through Crieff towards Comrie. In Comrie, turn left over Dalginross Bridge (where there's a sign for "Wildlife Centre"). Continue on to the bottom of the village and follow the road round a sharp turn to the right. After approximately 1 mile there is a road off to the right signposted Cultybraggan, but continue straight on here, following the sign for "Wildlife Centre" again. After another half mile, Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre is on your left - you can't miss it, huge sign! Follow the steep track (suitable for cars) up to the centre's car park. The stone is to the right of the shop and café building - ask permission in here.This post appears as part of the blog post " a wallaby?! in Perthshire?! in winter?!" |
Directions - head W from Perth on the A85 through Crieff towards Comrie. Approximately 4 miles after Crieff, not long after the signs for the Braincroft Bunkhouse, you will see a long thin field on your left, flanked on either side by an avenue of large trees. The standing stone is clearly visible 100m into the field, on the left hand side, close to a small wooden stable. Carry on past the field, and you will come to a layby you can park in, and walk back to the field. The easiest way in, without disturbing the horses, is to head to the left edge of the field boundary wall, and climb over the wooden fence. There is a fence within a fence here, so walk down through the trees until you are level with the stone, then hop over the inner fence to get to the stone.This post appears as part of the blog post " a wallaby?! in Perthshire?! in winter?!" |
Directions - head west from Perth on the A85, right through Crieff and Comrie. Approximately a mile outside Comrie, you will see a sign for Twenty Shilling Wood caravan park to your right. Carry on round the next corner, and you will see a double-gate into a field on your right, with the stones visible in the field. There's space to park by the gates.This post appears as part of the blog post " a wallaby?! in Perthshire?! in winter?!" |
Directions - head west from Perth on the A85 for Crieff. Keep going straight into the centre of Crieff, and as you start to go down the steep hill, take the right turn (signposted A85 Lochearnhead, I think). Keep going on the A85 for about 7 miles and you will reach Comrie. In the centre of Comrie you will see a turn off to the left over the river, signposted "Wildlife Centre" amongst other things. Head down here to the bottom of the village, where you follow the road round a sharp right turn to leave the village. About 200m outside the village the Roman Stone is clearly visible by the road, on your left next to a sign for the footpath to Muirend.This post appears as part of the blog post " a wallaby?! in Perthshire?! in winter?!" |
Directions - head east from Aberfeldy on the A827, passing the distillery on your right. Approximately a mile and a half further on is the track up to Cultullich farm, and the large chain-link gates into Cultullich Tip. There's space to park carefully here. Walk along the grass verge beside the main road in the direction you were heading in, until you are level with the highest point of the ridge. Climb over the barbed wire fence here, and climb up the bank. The stone lies on the highest point of the ridge.This post appears as part of the blog post " what's windproof?!" |
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Directions - head N on the A9 from Perth. About 9km after Dunkeld, take the (very small) road to the right for Guay. The cairn and barrow are on the right of the road about 2.5km further on, opposite the memorial on the left-hand side.
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Directions - Heading north on the A9 from Perth, turn off at Bankfoot on to the B867. Continue through Bankfoot, and then on through the next village of Waterloo. Approximately 1km after Waterloo, the road curves round to the right. Just as it starts to curve, you'll notice some trees on your left - the stones are in amongst the trees, just visible about 10m from the road. There's space to park off the road a little bit furtheron, just beyond the nearby Staredam stones at the loch by the Stare Dam.
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Directions - head N on the A9 from Perth, turning off onto the A827 for Aberfeldy at the Ballinluig junction. After approximately 5km you should see the barrow on your left at the edge of a field - it's quite hard to miss. There's a gate next to it giving access to the field, and there's space to park in here on a muddy area before the field proper. If it looks too muddy to get out again, continue on another 10m or so around the corner, and there is another gate with space for one car on the tarmac in front of it (just before you go onto the bridge).This post appears as part of the blog post " What time do you call this?!" |
Directions - head N from Perth on the A9, and take the A827 (sign-posted Aberfeldy) at the Ballinluig junction. After about 5km you'll come to a junction having just crossed a bridge - turn right here (still sign-posted A827 Aberfeldy). Approximately 400m along this road you'll see a small muddy layby under the trees on the right-hand side of the road - park here. Walk on maybe 50m further towards Grandtully, and you'll see a wall seperating two fields across the road. If you look even further beyond this field, over the old railway line to the slope in the distance, you should see a house on the right, with another wall to the left of it. If you walk along the road until you're in line with the wall in the distance on the hill, then you'll see a telegraph pole close to the wall next to the road, and to the right of the closest field wall - this is the easiest place to cross into the field, as the wall has "footholds", the wire of the fence on top of it can be pushed down easily, and you have the telegraph pole to lean against. Once in the field, walk to the edge of the field (left) with the field wall on your left, and continue up towards the old railway line. After about 150m you'll be able to see the stone over the wall in the field to your left. There's a gate at the bottom of the field that gives you access into the stone's field.This post appears as part of the blog post " What time do you call this?!" |
Fred Coles was told in 1908 by "two aged residents in the immediate vicinity" that there used to be a second stone close by this stone.This post appears as part of the blog post " What time do you call this?!" |
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This stone originally stood at Wester Tarsappie (NO 1272 2102) until it was blown down in the winter of 1895-96. It now stands in the grounds of Craigclowan Preparatory School.
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As recently as 1891 there were several standing stones in the field here, but by the time Coles visited in 1911 they had all been removed.
On the 1866 OS map, the stones are marked as one line of three stones, and one line of two, close together, and both aligned roughly NNE-SSW.
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Two standing stones were destroyed here in the 1950s, and dumped in a den to the N. When Coles visited in 1909 both stones were still standing.
These stones are shown as a pair on the 1867 OS map (see link below) and so are not the remains of a second circle close to the Broad Moss circle.
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The remains of this stone circle were destroyed in the 1950s. When Coles visited in 1909 there were 9 stones remaining of a possible 10 originally. He failed to locate a second nearby circle, which must have been destroyed previously. It is shown right next to this circle on the 1867 OS map (see link below).
This second circle is not the Broad Moss standing stones, which are also shown on the map.
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There is a stone circle buried in situ 190m NE of Bachilton farmhouse, in a field known as Skelfie.
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