Lyndoch west stones

Also known as:
Lynedoch
Nearest town:
Perth (11km ESE)
OS reference:
NO029289
OS sheets:
52, 53, 58
Latitude:
56° 26' 32.01 N
Longitude:
3° 34' 30.55 W
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Lyndoch west stones

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Ian Murray Feb 21, 2003
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This little group of stones is sublimely placed, as they stand at the end of a tongue of raised land which is surrounded by low lying ground on three sides, and to its north by an ox-bow lake; which is the remnants of the ancient position of the Almond river. It must have been a commanding and secure site in the past. Alignment here is NE-SW for the upright stone, and with the recumbent stone and smaller outlier 50 yds away at edge of present field. Length of upright 51 in, breadth 16in and depth 14in. No cup marks seen. The recumbent stone next to it is very interesting in that it has an X mark on it which appears to be natural white quartz. I would name it the Saltire stone, and who knows what inspiration it has had over the millennia... L 51in, W 28in, H 11in.

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