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Lyon Bridge


This cup-marked stone lies on top of a cairn in a field full of interesting things – nearby is a cup-marked stone, a long cairn, a medieval moated site (once thought to be a Roman camp) and a pair of standing stones.

The cairn was excavated in 1884, and found to consist of a pile of small stones overlaid with earth to a diameter of around 9m. Close to the base of the cairn, and S of the centre, fragments of human bone were found underneath two small flagstones. The cairn has a flat top to it, which is 5.50m in diameter, and rises to a height of 0.75m. Around the central cairn is a ditch which varies in width from 2.75m to 4.20m, and is 0.70m deep. Around this is a low bank 0.90m wide.

The stone lies on the cairn’s flat top, but it is believed that it once stood upright here. On it’s W side are 9 large cup-marks, while there is a further single cup-mark on it’s N end. It has been mistakenly reported that in 1838, this stone was actually close to the two Bridge of Lyon stones. However it appears that this is as a result of some confusion, as the New Statistical Account actually describes the Bridge of Lyon stones as “two obelisks, the one about 6 feet high: the other lying on the ground, having been undermined some fifty or eighty years ago”.

The name of the cairn, Uaigh an t-Seanalair – the General’s Grave – is supposed to refer either to Pontius Pilate or his father. There is a legend in Fortingall that Pontius Pilate was born here to a local mother and a Roman father.

Stone – 2.44m long
Cairn diameter (at base) – 9.15m

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Alternative names for Lyon Bridge

Bridge of Lyon; Uaigh an t-Seanalair

Where is Lyon Bridge?

Lyon Bridge is in the parish of Fortingall and the county of Perthshire.

Grid reference: NN 7317 4657

Lat / long: 56.59332895, -4.066850943

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OS Map for Lyon Bridge

OS map OL48
Ben Lawers & Glen Lyon (Loch Tay, Killin & Kenmore)
OS Explorer map OL48


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Weather at Lyon Bridge

10°C
max 10°C / min 10°C
12km/h S
993mb
90%
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06:16 18:30

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References (books)

New Statistical Account of Scotland
Various
Edinburgh, 1845

References (websites)

Canmore
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Ancient sites near Lyon Bridge

Bridge of Lyon standing stones

0.1km away

Bridge Of Lyon cairn

0.2km away

Carn na Marbh barrow and standing stone

1.0km away

Clach a' Phlaigh standing stone

1.0km away

Fortingall churchyard rock art

1.1km away

Fortingall SW stone circle

1.4km away

Fortingall S stone circle

1.4km away

Fortingall NE stone circle

1.4km away

Isle of Loch Tay (possible) crannog

3.6km away
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Castles near Lyon Bridge

Isle Of Loch Tay Castle

3.6km away

Garth Castle

5.0km away

Taymouth Castle

5.3km away

Carnbane Castle

5.6km away

Comrie Castle

5.9km away

Lawers (possible) (site of)

8.6km away

Bolfracks (possible) (site of)

9.1km away

Weem Castle (site of)

10.9km away

Castle Menzies

10.9km away
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Pictish stones near Lyon Bridge

Struan Class I symbol stone

20.3km away

Priest's Stone Class III cross-slab

22.3km away

Dunfallandy Stone Class II cross slab

23.6km away

Logierait Class II cross-slab

24.2km away

Fowlis Wester Church Class III cross-slab

29.7km away

Fowlis Wester Class II cross-slab

29.7km away

Murthly Class III stone

36.8km away

Blackford Class I symbol stone

41.4km away

Dupplin Cross Class III cross

42.0km away
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Pictish sites near Lyon Bridge

Norrie's Law hoard

77.8km away

Torvean silver chain

97.2km away

Todholes (possible) silver chain

105.2km away

Borland silver chain

105.4km away

Haddington silver chain

106.4km away

Traprain Law silver chain

110.5km away

Dunnicaer fort

121.4km away

Whitlaw silver chain

124.2km away

Whitecleugh silver chain

126.8km away
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Accommodation near Lyon Bridge

The Kenmore Hotel
hotelKenmore
4.3km away
Coshieville House
bed and breakfastAberfeldy
5.2km away
Ben Lawers Hotel
hotelLawers
8.7km away
Aberfeldy Weem Hotel
hotel, bar, restaurantWeem
11.5km away
Ardeonaig Hotel and Restaurant
hotelArdeonaig
12.5km away
Moness House Hotel & Country Club
hotelAberfeldy
13.5km away
Dunalastair Hotel
hotel, bar, restaurantKinloch Rannoch
14.1km away
Macdonald Loch Rannoch
hotel, restaurant, barKinloch Rannoch
14.6km away
Loch Tummel Inn
hotelStrathtummel
16.0km away
The Bridge Of Lochay Hotel
hotelKillin
20.3km away

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Cafés, restaurants & bars near Lyon Bridge

House of Menzies
caféAberfeldy
10.3km away
Aberfeldy Weem Hotel
hotel, bar, restaurantWeem
11.5km away
The Watermill
caféAberfeldy
12.6km away
Habitat Café
caféAberfeldy
12.7km away
Dunalastair Hotel
hotel, bar, restaurantKinloch Rannoch
14.1km away
Macdonald Loch Rannoch
hotel, restaurant, barKinloch Rannoch
14.6km away
Glenlyon Tearoom
caféBridge of Balgie
15.0km away
The Courie Inn
hotel, pubKillin
21.0km away
House of Bruar
restaurant, caféBlair Atholl
21.3km away
Drummond Hotel
hotel, pubSt Fillans
22.6km away
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Published on the 14th of May 2010 at 4:20 pm. Updated on the 11th of May 2015 at 1:04 pm.

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