Description

The monument is a standing stone measuring c. 15m high on the banks of the River Tay. It is traditionally associated with the (bogus) Battle of Luncarty. When last scheduled only the stone was protected, leaving any associated features around it unprotected. The present re-scheduling rectifies this.

It appears to be a standing stone of a kind erected for ceremonial or religious purposes in the Neolithic or Bronze Age, between around 3000BC and 1000BC. On excavation some stones are found to have human burials in the sockets or close by.

The area to be scheduled measures 10m in diameter, centred on the stone, to include the stone and an area around it in which features associated with its use may survive, as marked in red on the attached map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as a surviving feature from a past landscape. Taken with other similar features in the area it has the potential to enhance considerably the way the landscape was used and managed in prehistory.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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The monument is recorded in the RCAHMS as NO 02 NE 10.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland