Alternative Names Wester Tullybanocher; Comrie
Site type CUP MARKED STONE, STONE CIRCLE
Canmore ID 24858
Site Number NN72SE 7
NGR NN 7548 2247
Council PERTH AND KINROSS
Parish COMRIE (PERTH AND KINROSS)
Former Region TAYSIDE
Former District PERTH AND KINROSS
Former County PERTHSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NN72SE 7 7548 2247.

(NN 7548 2247) Stone Circle (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map (1901)

Only two stones remain of this stone circle although there were three up to c.1883 when one fell down and was removed. The stones are 22' apart and 5' and 4'8" high respectively.
F R Coles 1911

The western stone has two or possibly three cupmarks.
Information from M E C Stewart, 2 February 1956.

As described above except that the western stone has at least four cup-marks.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 30 November 1966.

Scheduled as Wester Tullybannocher, stone circle.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 11 March 2002.

Coles, F R (1911a) 'Report on stone circles in Perthshire principally Strathearn, with measured plans and drawings (obtained under the Gunning Fellowship)', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol.45
Page(s): 50-1

Heggie, D C (1981) Megalithic science: ancient mathematics and astronomy in north-west Europe, London
Page(s): 162-3 Held at RCAHMS E.7.HEG

Thom, A (1967a) Megalithic sites in Britain, Oxford
Page(s): 100, 119, 139, no. P 1/8 Held at RCAHMS E.7.THO