Witch's Stone, Meikle Obney
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Witch's Stone, Meikle Obney
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 26997
Site Number NO03NW 5
NGR NO 0424 3752
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/26997
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Auchtergaven
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO03NW 5 0424 3752
(NO 0424 3754) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1901)
A massive block of schist 6'8" high known as the 'Witch's Stone'. The top is peaked and the stone is quite vertical.
The Witch's Stone (name confirmed locally) is at NO 0424 3752 (sited incorrectly by the OS) and is as described. It measures 3.5m around the base.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 13 March 1969
A standing stone, known locally as the Witch's Stone, measuring 1.5m x 0.7m x 2.2m high.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 7 October 1975
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (JRL) 13 March 1979.
Field Visit (4 August 1942)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Emergency Survey (1942-3), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, vary from short notes to lengthy and full descriptions and are available to view online with contemporary sketches and photographs. The original typescripts, manuscripts, notebooks and photographs can also be consulted in the RCAHMS Search Room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 10 December 2014.
