Description

The monument is the remains of a stone row of probable Bronze Age date (2500BC - 800BC). It is visible as three large fallen boulders arranged in a row aligned from northeast to southwest. The stones have been moved from their originally recorded location, and the monument also includes the location in which they were first recorded. The monument lies on level ground at about 120m above sea level.

The northernmost stone measures about 1.3m by 1.3m. The central stone lies around 1.5m from the first and measures about 2.2m by about 1.4m. The third stone is immediately adjacent and measures about 1.7m by about 1.3m. The stones were originally recorded a few metres west of their present position, arranged in a row oriented broadly from north-northeast to south-southwest. When first recorded, the northern stone was upright and the two southern stones were lying flat. The central stone lay about 1m from the stone to the north and about 2.3m from the third. The stones may have been moved to their current location between around 1997 and 2006. 

The scheduled area is sub-rectangular with maximum dimensions of 40m north northeast to south southwest by 20m west northwest by east southeast, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract. It  includes the remains described above and an area around within which evidence relating to the monument's construction, use and abandonment is expected to survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map. The scheduled area runs up to, but does not include the post and wire fence at the south east. The above ground elements of all other post and wire fences and the modern drain to the southeast are excluded to allow for their maintenance. 

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as it makes a significant contribution to our understanding or appreciation of the past as a stone row of Bronze Age date. Although the stones appear to have been moved, they have not been moved far from where they were originally recorded. 

The monument therefore adds to our understanding of prehistoric ritual monuments and continues to have potential for buried archaeological remains. 

The monument has the potential to enhance our understanding of ritual and ceremonial activities in the Bronze Age period, and specifically, the beliefs of the people who erected the stone row and the associated activities carried out in its vicinity. 

It is a rare example of a stone row in Perth and Kinross and would have been an important component of the wider prehistoric landscape of settlement, agriculture and ritual. Ritual and ceremonial monuments such as stone rows and standing stones are one of our main sources of information for the Bronze Age in Scotland and so are an important element in our understanding of the nature of Scotland's prehistoric society and landscape.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Sources

Bibliography

RCAHMS records the monument as NO 13 SE 9.

trove.scot

https://www.trove.scot/place/28632/

Source: Historic Environment Scotland