Killin Schoolhouse, Fingal's Stone
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Killin Schoolhouse, Fingal's Stone
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Final's Grave
Canmore ID 24192
Site Number NN53SE 15
NGR NN 57129 33021
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/24192
- Council Stirling
- Parish Killin
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN53SE 15 5712 3301
(NN 5712 3301) Final's Grave (NR).
OS 25" map (1900)
About 1830 the stone is said to have been higher up the hill, and was brought down because visitors to it damaged the surrounding crop.
C G Cash 1912.
Fingal's Stone, a standing stone 2ft 8ins high and 5ft in girth, is in the middle of a field immediately behind the schoolhouse at Killin. It was re-erected in 1889, a smaller stone fixed on the top, and others placed near it.
W A Gillies 1938.
This stone is as described by Gillies. No information was found regarding its former site. Although the name most used locally cannot be ascertained, it is suggested that "Fingal' Grace" should apply to the original site and "Fingal's Stone" to the stone at its present position.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 18 August 1969
Field Visit (June 1978)
Fingal's Stone, Killin NN 571 330 NN53SE 15
This stone stands 0.8m high and is reported to have been moved to its present site from higher up the hill.
RCAHMS 1979, visited June 1978
Cash 1912, 284-5