Archaeology Notes

Event ID 684514

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO15SE 9 1848 5005

See also NO15SE 55.

(NO 1853 5007) Horse Stone (NAT)

(NO 1848 5005) Stones (NR)

OS 6" map, Perthshire, 2nd ed. (1901)

Stone circle, near Woodside, Hill of Drimmie: It consists of four principal stones, A, B, D and E, and it is uncertain whether these were once erect or were placed as they are now. In the former case, they would form a circle 22' in diameter, but as they lie the circle is only 15'9".

F R Coles 1909

The adjacent Horse Stone is a recumbent (? former standing) stone about 8' long.

Name Book 1864

Burl lists this feature as a "4-Poster", which he dates to c. 1800 B C.

H A W Burl 1971

This stone circle lies on a ridge, partially inside a forestry plantation. Stones A, B, D, E and F exist as described and planned by Coles; C is now turf-covered but was located by probing. Three stones (G, H and J) were found in addition to those shown by Coles. (See amended plan). Stne G lies flush with the ground and is partially turf-covered. Stone H is a large block measuring 1.1m x 0.7m x 0.3m high, which lies on the ground outside the general circumference of the circle, and as it was not recorded by Coles, it must be assumed that it is not part of the original circle. Stone J was located by probing between D and E. A, B, D and E are the largest stones, but the discovery of G, H and J casts doubt on Burl's suggestion that this is a four- poster.

Surveyed at 1:10,000 scale.

The 'Horse Stone' could not be found in dense afforestation.

Visited by OS (DWR) 10 March 1971