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Latitude: 56.1463 / 56°8'46"N
Longitude: -3.9103 / 3°54'37"W
OS Eastings: 281411
OS Northings: 696493
OS Grid: NS814964
Mapcode National: GBR 1D.JPJ9
Mapcode Global: WH4P0.XS30
Entry Name: Airthrey Castle,standing stone 280m SE of
Scheduled Date: 12 March 1963
Last Amended: 30 January 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1730
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone
Location: Logie (Stirling)
County: Stirling
Electoral Ward: Stirling North
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument is a standing stone which is located on level ground. The stone is dark grey dolerite and is oblong in section. It measures 2.7m in height, 1.5m by 0.7m at ground level and leans slightly SW along the line of its main axis. The area to be scheduled measures 30m in diameter, to include the standing stone and an area around in which traces of activities associated with the erection and use of the stone may survive, as shown in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential contribution to an understanding of prehistoric ritual beliefs.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is recorded in the RCAHMS as NS 89 NW 12.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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