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Found this site a couple of weeks ago. Did the O.S. chappie really fail to see the cups? The third period of markings include the cross incised stone with very small “cups ” at the terminals. There are a few other marked rocks in the area.

I’m not sure if this is a new find or not. Canmore lists two instances of marked stones in the general area but neither is anything like this one and both may be lost (see rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/newcanmore.newcandig_details_gis?inumlink=24982 & rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/newcanmore.newcandig_details_gis?inumlink=24988). At a height of 332m it has great views of Ben Lawers, Loch Tay and the Glen Lyon Hills.

I’ve passed the grassy spot where this stone lies many a time ,but today for some reason I lifted the grass and found this beauty . It’s only a few yards from another rock with deep cups which ws found about two years ago . Neither are that typical for the area .

This is quite a mathematical corner of Stirlingshire , cup marks come in pairs e.g. the pair of “spectacles” the same stone had another pair of cups as had a new one with two pairs. The triangular shaped stone has cups at the bottom right and was probably once part of the erratic close by . It is an equilateral triangle , sides of 1.2m and mirrors Ben More in the background . I doubt any self respecting megalith builder would be as crass as to erect something so Pythagorean so I assume it was done quite recently , past 2000yrs approx. The “dolmen” is in the past 20 yrs .

Yet more stuff from under 12 cm of peat , this knoll alone will keep the recorders busy for a couple of days .

This stone has been moved from it’s original site , a cairn , and ignominiously dumped by a drain . If it had been left in situ it would be a contender for a “best view” from rock art as the cairn looked straight into the quite wee (616 metres) but perfectly formed Am Bioran and also great views to Strath Earn and the bigger hills to the west .

The original height of this standing stone would have been 5m. It was blown down on the night of 28th December 1879, the same night the Tay Bridge went down.

I hope it’s ok to do this but I have called this site Farm as I would rather it remained anonymous due to the rock art being portable . The stones are good examples of re-use in a modern setting . The “Farm” is in deepest Perthshire miles from the grid ref .

latest finds from Craig Hill and a clearer view of a previous one.