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Dumgoyach
Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric), Stone Row (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Dumgoyach
Classification Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric), Stone Row (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Duntreath
Canmore ID 44605
Site Number NS58SW 3
NGR NS 53275 80721
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44605
- Council Stirling
- Parish Strathblane (Stirling)
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS58SW 3 5328 8072.
(NS 5328 8072) Standing Stones (NR)
OS 6" map, (1958)
There are five standing stones (A-E) arranged in a straight line from NW-SE on the highest part of a broad ridge running SE from Dumgoyach. Three of the stones (A, B and C) are earthfast, while the other two (D and E) are recumbent. Stone A is of irregular shape and leans steeply towards the N. The exposed portion measures 4' in height, 2'6" in breadth and 1'2" in thickness. Stone B stands upright, 6' NE of A. It is a pillar of roughly rectangular section with an irregularly pointed top, and measures 5' in height by about 2'6" in thickness. Stone C, also irregular in shape, 11'6" NE of B, is inclined so steeply to the NNE that it is almost recumbent. It measures 4'4" in height, 2'6" in breadth and 1' in thickness. The remaining two stones lie on the ground between B and C. Stone D measures 5'5" in length, 3' in breadth and 1'6" in thickness while stone E, which rests partly on D, measures 7'10" in length, 3'9" in breadth and 3' in thickness.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 1956.
These stones are as described by the RCAHMS (Except that the orientation is NE-SW).
Re-surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 19 August 1966.
A resistivity survey and excavations were carried out at this site. Four clear layers were observed in the sections, from topsoil to subsoil, and a flint core and some flakes were found in the top two. On top of layer 3 were several spreads of a white ashy deposit containing flecks of charcoal. A radiocarbon date of 2860 +/- 270 B C (GX-2781) was obtained. The socket for the one remaining upright stone was cut through layer 3 but layer 2 appeared to have accumulated against it. The level of the hearths therefore seems to be associated with the stones. The stone at the SW end of the line, which lies flat, may be a recent addition to the group.
E W Mackie 1972.
Field Visit (5 September 1956)
NS58SW 532 807
On the highest part of a broad ridge running SE from Dumgoyach, there are five standing stones (A-E) arranged in a straight line from NW-SE (en.1). Three of the stones (A, B and C) are earthfast, while the other two (D and E) are recumbent. Stone A is of irregular shape and leans steeply towards the N. The exposed portion measures 4' in height, 2'6" in breadth and 1'2" in thickness. Stone B stands upright, 6' NE of A. It is a pillar of roughly rectangular section with an irregularly pointed top, and measures 5' in height by about 2'6" in thickness. Stone C, also irregular in shape, 11'6" NE of B, is inclined so steeply to the NNE that it is almost recumbent. It measures 4'4" in height, 2'6" in breadth and 1' in thickness. The remaining two stones lie on the ground between B and C. Stone D measures 5'5" in length, 3' in breadth and 1'6" in thickness while stone E, which rests partly on D, measures 7'10" in length, 3'9" in breadth and 3' in thickness.
A similar short alinement of standing stones is recorded under NS57NE 18, and other examples are known from Argyll and Northumberland.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 5 September 1956.
(en.1) There is no sign of the artificial levelling of the summit of Dumgoyach mentioned by Smith (Strathblane, 73) and no reason to suppose that it was ever occupied by a fort.
Field Visit (September 1978)
Duntreath, Dumgoyach NS 532 807 NS58SW 3
This setting of standing stones originally comprised four stones aligned from NE to SW; two field-gathered boulders have been added in recent times. A radio-carbon date of 2860 ± 270 be obtained from the setting suggests that it was erected in the Neolithic period.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
NSA, viii (Stirling), 82; RCAHMS 1963, pp. 67-8, no. 58; MacKie 1973a
