West Whitefield
Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name West Whitefield
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Cargill; Harelaw
Canmore ID 28613
Site Number NO13SE 2
NGR NO 16 34
NGR Description NO c. 16 34
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28613
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Cargill
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO13SE 2 c. 16 34
A cup-and-ring marked stone, 3' 3" long x 20"to 24" broad x 20" thick, was discovered, not long before 1884, by Mr A Smith, the tenant of the farm of Whitefield, and transferred to the lawn in front of his house. It was found at the side of a field, about 1/4 mile to the west of the farm, where it had lain since being removed from the walls of a house, demolished about 20 years before. According to tradition it came originally from a circle of stones, since destroyed, which had stood about 1/2 mile to the eastward.
A Hutcheson 1884
Field Visit (6 May 1940)
The house into which the stone had been built was probably 'Harelaw', at NO 1581 3416, which was demolished in 1864 although the foundations were still visible in 1940. Enquiries about the stone in 1940 were unsuccessful.
Information from O G S Crawford 6 May 1940.
Field Visit (14 February 1969)
According to the present tenant, Mr Smith was a former tenant of West Whitefield (NO 1647 3427). The present tenant knows nothing of the stone and an extensive perambulation of the area failed to locate it.
Visited by OS (RD) 14 February 1969.
Field Visit (20 June 1989)
Shortly before 1884 a cup-and-ring marked boulder (now lost) was found at the edge of a field about 'a quarter of a mile' to the W of West Whitefield farmhouse, where it was subsequently taken and recorded. It had previously been built into a house which had been demolished about 1864, probably Harelaw (NO13SE 32), at NO 1581 3416. It is alleged to have formed part of a circle of stones (possibly NO13NE 37) which had previously been 'buried and broken up'.
The stone itself measured about 1m in length by up to 0.6m, and about 0.5m in thickness; on its upper surface there were at least twenty cup-marks, measuring up to 150mm in diameter, one of which was ringed. In addition, there were several lengths of channel, four of which radiated from the ringed cup.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 20 June 1989.
A Hutcheson 1884.
