Fingask Castle
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Fingask Castle
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Fingask Castle Policies
Canmore ID 30462
Site Number NO22NW 9
NGR NO 22928 27166
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/30462
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kilspindie
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Scheduled as Fingask Castle, standing stone.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 13 December 2000.
Field Visit (16 October 1963)
This standing stone at NO 2293 2716 is 1.7m high and 3.3m in girth at the base tapering but slightly towards the top, being roughly cylindrical in shape. It is not noted in the OS Name Book.
Visited by OS (RDL) 16 October 1963.
Field Visit (13 June 1989)
This standing stone is situated about 320m SSE of Fingask Castle (NO22NW 7.00) and close to the SW corner of a walled garden (NO22NW 7.08). It measures 1.2m from NE to SW by 0.8m and 1.5m in height.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 13 June 1989.
Archaeological Evaluation (15 February 2016 - 3 November 2016)
NO 2294 2718 (centred on) An evaluation and watching brief were undertaken, 15 February – 3 November 2016, prior to and during construction of accommodation, soakaway, parking and a roadway on a 964m2 area outside the S and W sides of the walled garden at Fingask Castle. The accommodation area revealed stone-lined field drains and a naturally shattered small boulder. In the soakaway trench, which was excavated to a depth of 1.2m, a large boulder was found buried in the subsoil. This boulder was considered to be an in situ natural erratic and very unlikely to be associated with the standing stone. In the area of the car park a linear feature was considered to be associated with shrubs or hedges that formerly surrounded the walled garden. Also in the car park area was a possible posthole, but upon examination this turned out to be a stonehole. Dumps of mortar and gravel in the car park area were thought to be from fairly recent renovation work.
Archive: NRHE (intended)
Funder: Private individual
Ray Cachart – Alder Archaeology Ltd
(Source: DES, Volume 18)
Aerial Photographic Transcription (7 September 2017)
An interpretative transcription, or mapping, of information on oblique aerial photographs was produced on 7 September 2017.
