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King's Stone
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name King's Stone
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Denmarkfield Farm; Luncarty; Denmark Stone
Canmore ID 26718
Site Number NO02NE 10
NGR NO 0971 2828
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/26718
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Redgorton
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO02NE 10 0971 2828.
(NO 0971 2828) King's Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1959)
'The King's Stone' or 'Denmark Stone'. A standing stone 4ft 8ins high with a large fragment of another stone close beside it. Traditionally associated with the (bogus) Battle of Luncarty.
NSA 1845; F R Coles 1911
The stones are as described above.
Visited by OS (JTT) 27 October 1965.
