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Doune

Standing Stone (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Site Name Doune

Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Canmore ID 24761

Site Number NN70SW 30

NGR NN 7256 0182

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Stirling
  • Parish Kilmadock
  • Former Region Central
  • Former District Stirling
  • Former County Perthshire

Archaeology Notes

NN70SW 30 7256 0182.

(NN 7255 0185) Standing Stone (NAT).

OS 2nd edn., 25" map, (1900).

This stone is siuated about 100yds north of Doune Railway Station....Traditionally said to have been a Roman Signal stone...

Name Book 1863.

This Standing Stone "rests in the debris of a long-disappeared sawmill beside the railway".

Stirling Observer (M S Mackay) 9 March 1954.

Activities

Archaeological Evaluation (22 September 2008 - 24 September 2008)

NN 7256 0182 An evaluation was carried out from 22– 24 September 2008, in advance of a proposed housing

development. One of the aims of the evaluation was to determine if Doune standing stone had been moved to its

current location in the recent past. The evaluation did not identify any clear indication that the standing stone had been relocated and cartographic evidence suggests that it has been in its present site since at least 1862. No other features of archaeological significance were identified.

Archive: RCAHMS and Stirling SMR

Funder: Miller Homes Ltd

Linda Somerville (CFA Archaeology Ltd), 2008

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