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Latitude: 56.2154 / 56°12'55"N
Longitude: -3.9264 / 3°55'35"W
OS Eastings: 280627
OS Northings: 704206
OS Grid: NN806042
Mapcode National: GBR 1C.DKVB
Mapcode Global: WH4NT.N1HJ
Entry Name: The White Stone,standing stone 280m WNW of Upper Whiteston
Scheduled Date: 30 March 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5374
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone
Location: Dunblane and Lecropt
County: Stirling
Electoral Ward: Dunblane and Bridge of Allan
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument is a standing stone of the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age some 3500 to 4500 years old, standing on a field boundary. It measures 3m in height and is 2.1m across and 0.5m thick. Its eastern face bears one large and seven smaller cup markings. It is likely that burials lie in the immediate vicinity.
The area to be scheduled measures 20m in diameter, to include the stone and an area around it in which traces of activities associated with the erection and use of the stone, as well as traces of burials, may survive, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well preserved standing stone of the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, and its immediate environs may have the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric religious and burial practices. It is of particular importance because of its exceptionally large size compared with other local examples.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NN80SW 3.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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