Meikleour
Stone(S) (Period Unknown)
Site Name Meikleour
Classification Stone(S) (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 28496
Site Number NO13NE 3
NGR NO 1599 3849
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28496
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Caputh
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO13NE 3 1599 3849.
(NO 1599 3849) Stones (NR)
OS 6" map (1901)
Two large stones at Meikleour, supposed to be the remains of a circle. Coles could find no evidence for this, but it was evident that the stones had been subjected to disturbance and damage. A large fragment lies close to each. Visited by Crawford in 1925, who notes that the boulders are situated under a lime tree on a natural rise.
F R Coles 1909; Information from O G S Crawford 15 July 1966
Field Visit (20 February 1969)
Only the west stone and the two fragments (see Coles' plan) remain. The remaining stone, 2.3m long x 1.2m wide x 0.9m high, probably stood upright but whether it ever formed part of a circle is impossible to say.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 20 February 1969
Field Visit (12 December 1990)
These stones are glacial erratics and there is no evidence that they have ever formed part of a stone setting.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 12 December 1990.
