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Latitude: 56.6735 / 56°40'24"N
Longitude: -2.8789 / 2°52'43"W
OS Eastings: 346240
OS Northings: 753871
OS Grid: NO462538
Mapcode National: GBR VM.PM7X
Mapcode Global: WH7QD.RJ9C
Entry Name: Carse Grey, stone setting 225m WNW of
Scheduled Date: 2 February 1988
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4461
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone setting
Location: Rescobie
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Forfar and District
Traditional County: Angus
The monument is the remains of a setting of four stones (of the type known as 'four poster') of the late Neolithic/earlier Bronze Age. Three stones still stand, situated in a hand-planted forest, immediately adjacent to a forest track. The stones are about 3.6m apart. A fourth probably stood at the same distance from the others. One stone was described as being recumbent in 1958, but was thickly overgrown. There is no sign of it having been re-erected and it is now earthset. An area measuring 15m (ENE-WSW) x 10m transversely is proposed for scheduling.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as an example of a four stone setting. These settings are rare; the example is of particular interest as an outlier to the main distributions in N Perthshire and Aberdeenshire. The information likely to be recovered from the excavation of the setting and the area around it would be of national importance to the themes of prehistoric ceremonial and burial practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is recorded in the RCAHMS as NO 45 SE 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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