Newtyle
Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Newtyle
Classification Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Dunkeld
Canmore ID 27206
Site Number NO04SW 7
NGR NO 04497 41064
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/27206
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Dunkeld And Dowally
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Two standing stones, possibly the remains of a circle.
F R Coles 1908.
A pair of standing stones, 9' apart and aligned N-S. "A" measures 7'2" x 4'9" x 1'9" and "B" is 4'9" x 4'2" x 1'6".
M E C Stewart 1967.
Field Visit (6 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This site was included within the RCAHMS Emergency Survey (1942-3), an unpublished rescue project.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.
Field Visit (22 February 1971)
A "two-poster" as described. There is no evidence to suggest a stone circle. Surveyed at 1:10560 scale.
Visited by OS (RD) 22 February 1971.
Field Visit (8 October 1986)
This pair of standing stones lies to the NE of the public road (A984) and is unusually situated at the foot of a steep slope at the rear of a terrace overlooking the River Tay. The N stone, which leans slightly to the W, rises to a height of 2.1m, and the S stone is 1.6m high.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 8 October 1986.
Measured Survey (8 October 1986)
RCAHMS surveyed the standing stones at Newtyle (NO04SW 7) with plane-table and alidade on 8 October 1986 at a scale of 1:125. The resultant plan was redrawn in ink.
