Scotsmill
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Scotsmill
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Scottsmill Standing Stone; The Scottsmill Stone; Cairntradlin
Canmore ID 19550
Site Number NJ81SW 14
NGR NJ 8239 1369
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19550
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kinellar
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ81SW 14 8239 1369.
(NJ 8239 1369) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1928)
The Scottsmill standing stone 'is noticeable from the perfect flatness of its summit, which has a rudely-triangular outline, and measures due north and south 23 inches...The base is an oblong of 21 inches by 13 inches, and girths 5 feet 8 inches. The stone is quite vertical, and 4 feet 4 inches in height.'
F R Coles 1902
The standing stone is as described by Coles.
Visited by OS (EGC) 8 November 1961.
This standing stone is situated on a steep NE-facing slope at an altitude of 88m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/79.
This stone, which stood at the southern edge of a cultivated field 400m SE of Cairntradlin farmsteading (NJ81SW 62), has been removed.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 14 April 1997.
