tiompan

Not very inspiring pics but they fill in the picture of this wee rockery.

Some more new panels discovered last week.

In an area covered in rock art this stone is easily the most interesting and ornate . First described by the minister at Kenmore , J.B. MacKenzie in 1895, the “cups” are almost non-existent , and the motifs and manner of pecking are much closer in style to Irish passage grave and some Northumbrian markings .

Good views to the South and East from this 4 poster . Close to the ground, as is often the case, on the Southermost stone is a cup mark unmentioned in the Canmore report.

This stone sits atop a moraine , locally known as a “sithean” or fairy mound . A couple of miles to the North, a slightly bigger fairy mound , Schiehallion , can be seen over the shoulder of Meall nan Eun .

This stone was found in 1976 when a road gate was being replaced . It was then removed to Naughton House and can be found 100 ms to the South of the house , not to the West as suggested in the Canmore details.

In 1995 a late Bronze age hoard was discovered to the North of Corrymuckloch Farm. The finds were 3 socketed bronze axeheads , fragments of a bronze sword and a unique handled vessel. Field walking produced one cup marked rock and a further possible cup marked rock. This one is one of 10 recent finds in the area.

In 1975 the OS said , of this stone ,“It was difficult to know whether these rather poor cup-like markings are due to weathering or are genuine weathered cup marks ” . nae doots here . Access to this stone is easy if you can find a parking place . A track to the W. of the golf club follows the Tullypowrie Burn ,about 1/4mile S. of Tullypowrie farm there is a gap in the dyke to the West ,one of the foundation stones , under moss, is the stone .

A group of three stones on a terrace above Little Tombane Farmhouse. They were discovered a couple of weeks ago but the light was poor so decided to return in brilliant weather . There are three more “new” stones in the immediate area.

A robbed cairn 10 m in diameter , with an enclosing stony bank adding a further 4m to the diameter.The stones are graded in height to the SW where one has very faint cup marks . Access is from the Loch o’ Lowes unclassified road just to the W of Ninewells Farm about 50 m into the trees.

This stone was ploughed up 100m to the WNW of it’s present position , is now situated immeciately W. of a possible ruined chapel . Access is from the unclassified Loch of Lowes road then down the Kincairney farm track the site can be seen from the farm up the brae to the N. 68 cups no rings and some channels.

This stone was described by the OS in 1984 as “not found – probably destroyed by ploughing”. Bit of an exaggeration , it’s alive and well just very difficult to find. The full grid ref is NN 89921 49591. If you are keen enough the best way to find it is to take the track that circles Creag an Loch to the North, leave at the fire break after the Linmore Burn, look out for an embankment that heads East into thick forestry, a GPS would be useful from here or just crawl/barge about 50 metres into the trees until you find the small clearing. At the moment the fire breaks to the North are covered in storm damaged trees and pretty impassable.

Not too often you get rock art so close to the top of a hill. At (approx) 306 m it’s only 8m from the top. Meikle Findowie stone circle is lower down to the North.