Dargill
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Dargill
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 25443
Site Number NN82SE 22
NGR NN 85919 20052
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/25443
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Muthill
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN82SE 22 8592 2004.
(NN 8592 2004) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1901)
The remains of a stone circle between the Crieff-to-Auchterarder road and Dargill Island consist of a squarish block of schist, 7' 8" high and over 16' in girth, and an indistinct mound. Two other great stones were removed in 1909.
F R Coles 1911
The stone has a maximum height of 2.2m and the base measures about 1.4m x 1.2m There is no sign of the other two stones.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 22 March 1963
Field Visit (29 September 1997)
This large standing stone is situated on the edge of a N-facing terrace in the middle of an arable field about 625m NNW of Dargill farmsteading. It measures 1.5m from N to S by 1.2m transversely at the base and stands 2.4m high. A variety of cropmarks have been observed on air photographs in the field around the stone, including four large pits near the stone and what appears to be a pit-circle to the E (NN82SE 66). The standing stone is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1866, Sheet cvii), but there are no other early references, except that made by Coles (1911) to additional standing stones.
(EARN96 301)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 29 September 1997
FR Coles 1911.
