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Latitude: 56.4658 / 56°27'57"N
Longitude: -4.3112 / 4°18'40"W
OS Eastings: 257700
OS Northings: 732805
OS Grid: NN577328
Mapcode National: GBR HCQM.HXD
Mapcode Global: WH3L4.RR62
Entry Name: Kinnell Park,stone circle,Killin
Scheduled Date: 30 June 1929
Last Amended: 12 March 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1557
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring
Location: Killin
County: Stirling
Electoral Ward: Trossachs and Teith
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a stone circle of Later Neolithic or Bronze Age date. The scheduling documentation for this monument was not properly completed when it was first scheduled.
The circle has a diameter of c.10m and is made up of six stones ranging in height from c.1.4m to 1.9m. It lies approximately 100m SE of the River Dochart overlooking the confluence of the Dochart and the Lochay, and the western end of Loch Tay.
The area to be scheduled is a circle 40m in diameter which includes the stone circle and an area around it in which evidence relating to its construction and use may survive, 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.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
The monument is recorded in the RCAHMS as NN 53 SE 12.
References:
Feachem, R. W. (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland, 1st, London, B. T. Batsford.
Thom, A. (1967) Megalithic sites in Britain, Oxford, Clarendon Press.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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