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Clune Hill
Standing Stone (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Site Name Clune Hill
Classification Standing Stone (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Clunehill Wood; Pittenbrinzean Standing Stone
Canmore ID 17982
Site Number NJ56SW 14
NGR NJ 5143 6439
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17982
- Council Moray
- Parish Deskford
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
NJ56SW 14 5143 6439.
The Pittenbrinzean standing stone, a block of whin-stone 2ft 9ins high and 8ft in girth at the base, is situated close outside the N edge of Clunehill Wood, at a height of 780ft (prob misprint for 180ft), and half a mile N of Clunehill.
F R Coles 1906.
The stone described by Coles (1906) is probably that at NJ 5143 6439, an earthfast, weathered block, triangular in section, and tapering towards the top, situated on a slight spur in an area of stone clearance.
A doubtful antiquity.
Visited by OS (NKB) 19 July 1967.
Field Visit (1906)
The Pittenbrinzean standing stone, a block of whin-stone 2ft 9ins high and 8ft in girth at the base, is situated close outside the N edge of Clunehill Wood, at a height of 780ft (prob misprint for 180ft), and half a mile N of Clunehill.
F R Coles 1906.
Field Visit (19 July 1967)
The stone described by Coles (1906) is probably that at NJ 5143 6439, an earthfast, weathered block, triangular in section, and tapering towards the top, situated on a slight spur in an area of stone clearance.
A doubtful antiquity.
Visited by OS (NKB) 19 July 1967.
