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Castleton
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Castleton
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Home Farm
Canmore ID 25931
Site Number NN90SE 1
NGR NN 98281 00059
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/25931
- Council Clackmannan
- Parish Muckhart (Clackmannan)
- Former Region Central
- Former District Clackmannan
- Former County Perthshire
NN90SE 1 9828 0006.
(NN 9828 0006) Standing Stone (NR).
OS 25" map, (1923)
"A large standing stone about 8' high in the angle of the garden wall close to the W side of the farm steading, which gave name to the farm. It is considered a stone of memorial of some event". (By 1923 (OS 25" map) the stone had apparently been moved from its position W of the farm which also became known as the Home Farm).
Name Book 1859.
This standing stone, 2.2m high, 1.0m broad and 0.9m thick, bears a number of small cup-marks - especially noticeable on the lower portion of the north side. Some of the 'cups' may be due to weathering. No information relating to the apparent moving of the stone was encountered during investigation.
Visited by OS (J D) 16 June 1953.
As above.
Visited by OS (R D) 28 June 1967.
Field Visit (1978)
Castleton Home Farm NN 982 000 NN90SE 1
Standing stones, 2. 3 m high., now at the above location, but reported to
have been moved from W of the farm. A number of small circular
depressions on the lower part of the N side appear to be of natural origin.
RCAHMS 1978
(Name Book, Perthshire, No. 61, p. 24)
