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Loak
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Loak
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 27014
Site Number NO03SE 2
NGR NO 0757 3305
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/27014
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Auchtergaven
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO03SE 2 0757 3305
(NO 0757 3305) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1901)
A standing stone at Loak which stands 3'9" above ground, 10'3" round the base and, across its nearly flat top, 4'4" x 2'5". The sides are fairly vertical and rather smooth.
F R Coles 1911
The stone still stands.
Visited by OS (JH) August 1962
This stone appears to have suffered considerably from weathering since Coles' report. It is oriented NE-SW, and measures 1.3m high x 1.4m long x 0.5m thick. There are no markings on it.
Visited by OS (WDJ), 10 March 1969.
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This site was included within the RCAHMS Emergency Survey (1942-3), an unpublished rescue project.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.
