Balnakeilly

Nearest town:
Pitlochry (3km SW)
OS reference:
NN9637059965
OS sheets:
52, 53
Latitude:
56° 43' 11.66 N
Longitude:
3° 41' 36.48 W
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Image of Balnakeilly (Stone Circle) by drewbhoy

Taken from half way between the circle and the A924.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 1, 2021
Image of Balnakeilly (Stone Circle) by drewbhoy

3 of the stones, the mist that surrounded would clear as we went west.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 1, 2021

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Balnakeilly

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 2, 2021

Just before the big brae heading through Moulin & Kinnaird to Pitlochry, on the A924, pull in before (Kirkmichael side) or after (Pitlochry side) the Knock Barrie wood. Head straight north from the gatehouse, you’ll find a track, to what looks like the area’s highest point. An ideal place for a prehistoric site, in this case a Four Poster Stone Circle.

Arrangement of boulders in rectangle, 5m between stones N/S and 2m between stones E/W. Largest stone A 1.6 x 1.4 x 0.8m glacial erratic, B 1.3 x 0.6 x 0.45m rounded glacial erratic, C flat stone covered by moss 1.3 x 1.30m, D covered in moss 0.8 x 0.8 x 0.25m. Small outlier on E and W sides. Located on low flat raised piece of ground.

Pinched from Canmore, the site details. Coming down from Braemar, it was a scorcher, by the time we’d almost reached Pitlochry an atmospheric mist had descended.

A great wee site to start proceedings.

Visited 23/07/2021.

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