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Sheriffmuir Road, Pendreich
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Sheriffmuir Road, Pendreich
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Pendreich; Sheriff Muir
Canmore ID 47124
Site Number NS89NW 20
NGR NS 81382 99683
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47124
- Council Stirling
- Parish Logie (Stirling)
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
Field Visit (20 April 1954)
NS 813 997. A standing stone is situated at a height of 896' OD on the highest point of Pendreich Muir, 670 yds WNW of the Sheriffmuir Road at spot-level 776. Lying recumbent on a grassy patch among the heather, it is a four-sided pillar measuring 13 ft in length, a maximum of 4 ft 6 in across the wider side, and a maximum of 1 ft 6 in across the narrower side.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 20 April 1954
Reference (1957)
This site is noted in the ‘List of monuments discovered during the survey of marginal land (1951-5)’ (RCAHMS 1957, xiv-xviii).
Information from RCAHMS (GFG), 24 October 2012.
Field Visit (12 February 1974)
NS89NW 20 8137 9967.
NS 8137 9967. A fallen standing stone as described by RCAHMS.
Surveyed at 1:10,00 scale.
Visited by OS (JP) 12 February 1974
Field Visit (September 1978)
Sheriffmuir Road, Pendreich NS 813 996 NS89NW 20
This fallen standing stone measures 1 .4m broad, 0.5m thick and 4m in length.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
(RCAHMS 1963, p. 66, no. 46)
