Alva Church

Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric)

Site Name Alva Church

Classification Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 47063

Site Number NS89NE 18

NGR NS 88 97

NGR Description NS c. 88 97

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Council Clackmannan
Parish Alva
Former Region Central
Former District Clackmannan
Former County Clackmannanshire

Archaeology Notes

NS89NE 18 88 97.

Several standing stones formerly stood near Alva Church. One was dug up in a field adjacent to the glebe and a human jaw-bone found beneath it. Another stood in a neighbouring enclosure with an illegible inscription on it (see NS89NE 7).

New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845

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Field Visit (26 July 1927)

RCAHMS County Inventory: Fife, Kinross and Clackmannan

Standing Stones, near Alva Church.

These stones, which are referred to in the New Statistical Account, vol. viii, p. 184, no longer exist.

RCAHMS 1933, visited 26 July 1927.

Note (1978)

RCAHMS: The Archaeological Sites and Monuments of Clackmannan District and Falkirk District

Alva NS c.88 97 NS89NE 18

Several large upright stones, possibly of prehistoric date, were recorded in the proximity of Alva church.

RCAHMS 1978

(NSA, viii, Stirling, 183)

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