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Carse Farm I


This four-poster circle is close to the edge of a field on the S side of the B846 Aberfeldy-Tummel Bridge road. When it was visited in 1907 by Coles, only 3 of the stones were standing, with the SW stone lying between the two N stones. An excavation in 1964 found the hole for the prostrate stone, and it was re-erected. Also discovered, by the NE stone, was a pit containing cremated bone, charcoal and blackened earth, and a collared urn with “incised geometric ornamentation.”

The NE stone seems to have been particularly significant. Not only is there the burial associated with it, but on its top surface are 17 cup marks (the SE stone has 3 similarly-positioned cup marks, but these are more difficult to make out). The NE stone is also aligned NE-SW with the ancient church at Dull about half a kilometre across the road. On this line, in the field to the SW of Dull church, is a cup-marked rock.

The cup marks are also on the same NE-SW axis, with the cup-marks graded in size, with the largest to the NE (pointing to the church) and the smallest to the SW (pointing to the stone circle). With a little imagination (and the help of an OS map) this line can be extended to the summit of Weem Hill to the NE, and the mouth of the River Tay as it flows into Loch Tay to the SW.

SW stone – 1.8m in length, now re-erected
NE stone – 1.2m tall
NW stone – 1.4m tall
SE stone – 1.5m tall
four-poster rectangle dimensions – 3.9m x 2.7m, WSW-ENE

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Alternative names for Carse Farm I

Carse Farm; Carse Farm North; Dull; Weem

Where is Carse Farm I?

Carse Farm I is in the parish of Dull and the county of Perthshire.

Grid reference: NN 8022 4873

Lat / long: 56.61495115, -3.952308788

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OS Map for Carse Farm I

OS map 379
Dunkeld, Aberfeldy & Glen Almond
OS Explorer map 379


OS map OL49
Pitlochry & Loch Tummel (Aberfeldy, Kinloch Rannoch & Schiehallion)
OS Explorer map OL49


Directions to Carse Farm I

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Weather at Carse Farm I

3°C
max 5°C / min 1°C
6km/h SSW
1030mb
93%
16%
07:59 17:00

Few clouds
Weather observed at Aberfeldy at 00:47
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References (books)

A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany
Aubrey Burl
London and New Haven, 1976
Megalithic Sites in Britain
Alexander Thom
Oxford, 1967
The Queen's Scotland - Heartland of Scotland
Nigel Tranter
London, 1971

References (websites)

Canmore
Scottish Megaraks - 13th October 2002
Stone Circles in Angus and Perthshire
Henge.org.uk
Celynog
Garioch
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Ancient sites near Carse Farm I

Carse Farm II stone circle

0.3km away

Croftmoraig stone circle

1.5km away

Balhomais stone circle

2.2km away

Newhall Bridge standing stones

2.3km away

Castle Menzies Home Farm cursus

2.9km away

Isle Of Spar crannog

4.7km away

Isle of Loch Tay (possible) crannog

4.9km away

Fortingall NE stone circle

6.0km away

Fortingall S stone circle

6.0km away
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Castles near Carse Farm I

Comrie Castle

1.6km away

Bolfracks (possible) (site of)

2.0km away

Taymouth Castle

2.8km away

Weem Castle (site of)

3.5km away

Castle Menzies

3.5km away

Garth Castle

4.2km away

Isle Of Loch Tay Castle

4.9km away

Edradynate Castle

8.5km away

Castle Lennox (site of)

8.6km away
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Pictish stones near Carse Farm I

Priest's Stone Class III cross-slab

15.4km away

Dunfallandy Stone Class II cross slab

16.3km away

Struan Class I symbol stone

16.6km away

Logierait Class II cross-slab

16.8km away

Fowlis Wester Church Class III cross-slab

27.6km away

Fowlis Wester Class II cross-slab

27.6km away

Murthly Class III stone

30.5km away

Dupplin Cross Class III cross

38.6km away

Blackford Class I symbol stone

40.7km away
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Pictish sites near Carse Farm I

Norrie's Law hoard

73.0km away

Torvean silver chain

95.8km away

Haddington silver chain

102.9km away

Borland silver chain

105.6km away

Todholes (possible) silver chain

105.6km away

Traprain Law silver chain

106.8km away

Dunnicaer fort

113.9km away

Whitlaw silver chain

121.8km away

Burghead fort

124.2km away
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Accommodation near Carse Farm I

Coshieville House
bed and breakfastAberfeldy
2.6km away
Aberfeldy Weem Hotel
hotel, bar, restaurantWeem
4.0km away
The Kenmore Hotel
hotelKenmore
4.4km away
Moness House Hotel & Country Club
hotelAberfeldy
6.3km away
Loch Tummel Inn
hotelStrathtummel
11.5km away
Ben Lawers Hotel
hotelLawers
15.4km away
Green Park Hotel
hotelPitlochry
16.1km away
Craigatin House & Courtyard
hotelPitlochry
16.3km away
Tigh na Cloich Hotel
hotelPitlochry
16.4km away
Strathgarry Restaurant & Rooms
restaurant, hotel, self-catering cottagePitlochry
16.5km away

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Cafés, restaurants & bars near Carse Farm I

House of Menzies
caféAberfeldy
2.9km away
Aberfeldy Weem Hotel
hotel, bar, restaurantWeem
4.0km away
The Watermill
caféAberfeldy
5.2km away
Habitat Café
caféAberfeldy
5.4km away
The Auld Smiddy Inn
bar, restaurantPitlochry
16.4km away
Strathgarry Restaurant & Rooms
restaurant, hotel, self-catering cottagePitlochry
16.5km away
McKays
bar, restaurantPitlochry
16.5km away
Kingfisher Bar
barPitlochry
16.5km away
The Old Mill Inn
hotel, bar, restaurantPitlochry
16.6km away
Victoria's Restaurant
restaurant, caféPitlochry
16.6km away
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Published on the 14th of May 2010 at 4:19 pm. Updated on the 10th of April 2019 at 12:39 pm.

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