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Latitude: 56.6191 / 56°37'8"N
Longitude: -3.3294 / 3°19'45"W
OS Eastings: 318519
OS Northings: 748264
OS Grid: NO185482
Mapcode National: GBR V8.S4HG
Mapcode Global: WH6P7.TWSL
Entry Name: Glenballoch Cottage,standing stone E of
Scheduled Date: 9 April 1930
Last Amended: 14 December 1994
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1549
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone
Location: Rattray
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Blairgowrie and Glens
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a standing stone of Neolithic or Bronze Age date.
The standing stone is situated at approximately 210m OD close to a small tributary of the River Ericht. The whinstone slab stands some 3m high and measures approximately 6.5m around the base. 13 cup marks are visible in its SE side along with a vertical groove. The monument represents a Neolithic or Bronze Age ritual site and is likely to be broadly contemporary with further standing stones in the vicinity.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the standing stone and an area around it in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 20m as marked in red on
the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to add to our understanding of prehistoric ritual practice. The stone is likely to represent only the most visible component of a protracted ritual use of the site which may be expected to be represented in surviving buried deposits.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is recorded in the RCAHMS as NO 14 NE 11.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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