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Cortachy
Henge (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible), Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cortachy
Classification Henge (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible), Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Gertrude Cottage; Cortachy Castle Policies
Canmore ID 32184
Site Number NO35NE 19
NGR NO 38795 59114
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/32184
- Council Angus
- Parish Cortachy And Clova
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO35NE 19 3879 5911.
(NO 3879 5911) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map, Forfarshire and Angus, 2nd ed., (1927)
A large unsculptured boulder, 1.8m high by 1.6m by 0.7m with a flat top measuring about 1.1m by o.7m. It is situated on the crest of a south-facing slope. A few small stones lie at its base, but these are probably field clearance.
Name Book 1862; Visited by OS (JLD) 4 September 1958.
A standing stone as described in the field report of 4 September 1958. Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (BS) 10 January 1977.
Field Visit (August 1942)
This site was recorded as part of the RCAHMS Emergency Survey, undertaken by Angus Graham and Vere Gordon Childe during World War 2. The project archive has been catalogued during 2013-2014 and the material, which includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, plans and photographs, is now available online.
Information from RCAHMS (GF Geddes) 2 December 2014.
Note (1983)
Muriskeith, Cortachy NO 387 591 NO35NE 19
This standing stone is 1.7m high.
RCAHMS 1983.
(Name Book, Forfar, No. 15, p. 123).
