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Five years ago ,almost to the day , I came across this deserted settlement which was not recorded on Canmore or even noted on the 6 inch to the mile 1867 map of the area ,apart from that what was striking was a couple of possible standing stones , 7 metres apart , aligned a few degrees off due east to west , One was pointed and the other wide topped and sloping . The interesting bit is that all these characteristics are of of a group of monuments , the “Perthshire pairs ” , like all stones that appear to be standing stones unless they are found to have some association that dates them it’s down to speculation what period they were erected in but the similarities with a recognised typology give them a wee bit of credence .

Good to be back on home turf after a while dahn sarf . Five new finds today , some of the most photogenic .

Set off on Sunday in the expectation of getting a temperature inversion at Loch Earn but it was just beautiful clear skies , so had to put up with that .
Some new finds , two of which were notable in relation to their relatively limited viewsheds , something that I’ve noticed with other monuments i.e. they are sited metres away from what would be a very expansive view in most directions but an intervening ridge blocks much of it .In one case the marked rock is actually in the bed of a burn with sides 3m high and therefore a very limited view . By the time I found it the sun had gone in and the cup marks are not at all clear . In the other I have included a pic of the view that is only a matter of metres away .

Discovered yesterday , 160 metres to the NW from themodernantiquarian.com/site/13479/kiltyrie.html .Despite the proximity the chambered cairn is unsighted . Kiltyrie is a bit of a rock art desert in the middle of the rich Ben lawers area ,possibly due to limestone being more prominent here .

The remains of this chambered cairn were only discovered in 2000 . It’s a Clyde -Carlingford type so quite a long way from from it’s usual area in the the SW of Scotland but there are others in Perthshire . Fwiw it’s oriented E-W and the equinox would be seen on the day on either horizon barring tree cover .

More big cups from this area .You can’t help but think it’s the same person rather than very localised style .They are all within 300m of each other .