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Acharn Falls
Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Acharn Falls
Classification Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 25004
Site Number NN74SE 1
NGR NN 7678 4249
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/25004
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kenmore (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN74SE 1 7678 4249.
A stone circle consisting of seven stones, three fallen and four upright, lies in a fir plantation about a mile SE of Falls of Acharn. The site is crossed by a modern dyke which overlies one of the stones on the NW arc. (3) The maximum height of the upright sgtones is 5'8". Gillies "turned up" the centre of the circle, disclosing at a depth of 5" a black deposit 2' square by 5" deep which contained calcined bones.
W A Gillies 1925; J B Mackenzie 1909; F R Coles 1910
NN 7678 4249. A stone circle c.8.8m in diameter.
Surveyed at 1:10560.
Visited by OS (RD) 22 October 1970
No change from previous field report.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (JB) 29 September 1975
