Balkemback


Site type: stone circle

Parish: Tealing

County: Angus

Grid reference: NO 3818 3844

Lat / long: 56.53364609, -3.006528644

Alternative names: Balluderon; Balkemback Cottages

The historic map is an Ordnance Survey map from 1919 to 1947, and is provided by the National Library of Scotland

This is a circle of four stones, only two of which stand. Whether the two recumbent stones ever stood is unclear. The south-east stone - the tallest at 1.5m - has 21 cup marks on it's east face, include six with rings, and on the west face there are 16 cup marks.

The stones stand on a circle of diameter 11m, and have a great view down towards the Tay.

References (books)

  • Ancient Monuments of Tayside
  • Herbert Coutts
  • Dundee, 1970

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    created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 4:19 pm, last updated Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 at 10:13 pm