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Latitude: 56.6257 / 56°37'32"N
Longitude: -3.215 / 3°12'54"W
OS Eastings: 325547
OS Northings: 748862
OS Grid: NO255488
Mapcode National: GBR VC.TM2B
Mapcode Global: WH6P9.LQ7K
Entry Name: Pitcrocknie,standing stone 400m W of
Scheduled Date: 20 May 1930
Last Amended: 3 March 1995
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1575
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone
Location: Alyth
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathmore
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a standing stone of Neolithic or Bronze Age date.
The standing stone is roughly triangular in profile with a pointed top and measures some 2m E-W by 1m with a height of 2.1m. It stands on a gentle S-facing slope at around 80m OD. Monuments of this kind can indicate the presence of evidence for ritual practice over a protracted period of which the standing stone is only the most visible remnant.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the standing stone and an area around it in which traces of associated ritual 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 Neolithic and Bronze Age ritual activity. The area around the stone may be expected to contain buried deposits relating to the ritual use of the site.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 24 NE 20.
References:
Coles, F. R. (1909) 'Report on stone circles surveyed in Perthshire (South-East District), with measured plans and drawings; obtained under the Gunning Fellow-ship', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol. 43, 112.
RCAHMS (1990) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. North-east Perth: an archaeological landscape, Edinburgh, 23, No. 65.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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