Archaeology Notes

Event ID 685859

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/685859

NO23SE 15 29566 30958

(NO 2956 3096) Falcon Stone (NR)

OS 6" map (1901)

See also NO23SE 21 and NO23SE 22.

A large boulder, said to be where the falcon rested which was released from the Hill of Kinnoull in connection with the 'Hay family', and the Battle of Luncarty.

Name Book 1864

A naturally deposited erratic boulder. There are some cup-marks, possibly natural, on the North face.

Information from O G S Crawford, 21 October 1932

Generally as described by Crawford, although the cup-marks, of which there are five, are very clear and do not appear to be natural. The name is still known locally.

Resurveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (RD) 6 February 1969

No change to previous field report.

Revised at 25".

Visited by OS (JM) 8 June 1976

Aerial photographs show the cropmark of a ring-ditch surrounding the Falcon Stone 270m ESE of Old Rossie Lodge. The ring-ditch measures about 17m in diameter, with a series of cropmarkings, including those of barrows and square barrows, recorded immediately to the N and E (NO23SE 22).

Information from RCAHMS (KB), 14 April 1999.