Archaeology Notes

Event ID 682445

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO12NW 28 1327 2646.

(A: NO 1327 2646; B: NO 1328 2646) stone Circles (NR) (2 shown with 8 and 5 stones respectively)

OS 25"map, (1932)

On the E margin of Scone Wood are the remains of two circles of standing stones which have probably been tangential to one another. Because of forestry working, the eastern circle (B) is now almost totally destroyed. Three stones, measuring 2ft 10ins by 2ft 5ins by 1ft 3ins, 3ft 3ins by 3ft 2ins by 8ins, and 2ft 10ins by 1ft 9ins by 7ins from N - S lie more or less loose on the surface of the ground on what was probably the W arc of the E circle, but as the stones are no longer in situ, the true perimeter of this circule is not known. It is noticeable that two of the above stones are "keeled" and have associated stabilising faces in the same manner as in six of the seven stones of the W circle. There is also ample oral confirmation of the previous existence of the E circle.

The western circle (A) consists of seven stones set on the perimeter of an area approximately 18ft in diameter, the largest stones being on the W and SW arc. It was excavated in 1961 by members of the Perth Society of Natural Science (photographs and dimensions of the stones are given by Stewart). It is suggested that the stone found between stones 6 and 7 on plan (q.v.) was that missing from socket 5. A Flat-Rim urn was found 2ft N of the centre of the circle. It had been placed mouth upwards and contained cremated bone and carbon.

M E C Stewart 1961; 1965; F R Coles 1909.

(NO 1327 2646) Stone Circle (NR) (7 stones shown)

OS 25" map, (1974)