The Thorn


Site type: rock art

Parish: Fowlis Wester

County: Perthshire

Grid reference: NN 9204 2397

Lat / long: 56.39509497, -3.749827858

Alternative names: Crofthead Farm

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

This enormous stone - now split in two - once stood around 3.8m high. The NE section of the boulder has eight cup-marks on it's upper face.

In it's original state, this stone would have been directly on a line between the Crofthead Farm standing stones and the New Fowlis cairn.

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