Muirheadstone


Site type: stone circle

Parish: Auchtergaven

County: Perthshire

Grid reference: NO 0499 3787

Lat / long: 56.52271418, -3.545976186

Alternative names: Muirheadston

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

Here, close to the Staredam stones, is what appears to be the remains of a four-poster stone circle. There are three stones on the corners of a rectangle - the place where the fourth stone should be appears to have suffered soil erosion, so the stone has maybe toppled down the hill or been moved. There are a few likely candidates nearby.

There are 2 larger stones, and one smaller. The 2 large ones are aligned N-S, while the smaller one is aligned with one of the larger ones E-W. The size of the rectangle is approximately 3m N-S by 1.5m E-W.

The stones stand on a small mound on top of a big spur of land, which looks like it might have been accentuated artificially, although it's too big to be entirely man-made.

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created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 4:20 pm, last updated Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 4:20 pm