Drumend


Site type: standing stone

Parish: Rattray

County: Perthshire

Grid reference: NO 2018 4582

Lat / long: 56.59740303, -3.301423626

Alternative names: Easter Rattray

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

This single standing stone sits on a slight mound towards the NW corner of a field off the A926. Standing 1.6m tall, it swells slightly around its middle, where it is wider than at it's base or top. Around its base is piled field clearance, and it has obviously been scraped by farm machinery at some point. Although a largely unremarkable stone, it's a nice site, with a good view to the south, over Strathmore, towards the King's Seat and the distant Sidlaws.

stone - 1.6m tall

References (books)

  • New Statistical Account of Scotland
  • various
  • Edinburgh, 1845

  • Old Statistical Account of Scotland
  • various
  • Edinburgh, 1799

  • The Queen's Scotland - Heartland of Scotland
  • Nigel Tranter
  • London, 1971

  • North-east Perth: An Archaeological Landscape
  • RCAHMS
  • Edinburgh, 1990

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    created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 4:19 pm, last updated Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 at 11:11 pm