The White Stone
Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Standing Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name The White Stone
Classification Cup Marked Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Standing Stone (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Macgregor Stone; Glenhead; Whittieston Stone; Upper Whittieston Farmhouse; Upper Whiteston
Canmore ID 25275
Site Number NN80SW 3
NGR NN 80627 04205
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/25275
- Council Stirling
- Parish Dunblane And Lecropt
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN80SW 3 8063 0420
(NN 8063 0420) The White Stone (NR).
OS 6" map, (1959)
The Whittieston Stone, just in front of the farmhouse of Upper Whittieston is about 9ft high and 6ft 10 ins wide. On the east side it is marked with one large and seven smaller cups, possibly natural (OS 6" map annotated by O G S Crawford, 12 August 1936). It is known locally as the Macgregor Stone and a tradition associates it with the Battle of Sheriffmuir, but this name may be derived from the Macgregors of Balhaldies, on whose land it stood.
A F Hutchison 1893.
The stone is as described; the cup-marks appear to be genuine. At Upper Whiteston farm the stone is known as the "White Stone", the other names were not confirmed.
Visited by OS (W D J) 8 June 1967.
Note (1979)
White Stone NN 806 042 NN80SW 3
This stone measures 2.1 m by 0.5m and 3m in height; the E face is cup-marked.
RCAHMS 1979
Hutchison 1893, 124-5
Note (17 September 2019)
Date Fieldwork Started: 17/09/2019
Compiled by: Callander
Location Notes: The stone is situated immediately to the SE side of a fence which runs SW-NE, at right angles to the access road to Upper Whiteston farm. It lies about 170m SW along this fence from the access road. It is easily visible from the road and the farm.
Panel Notes: The carvings are on the E face of a 3.1m tall standing stone, known as the White Stone which is 2.1m wide at its NS axis, and about 0.5m thick E-W. There are 7 visible cupmarks on this face. The largest is 9cm diameter by 4cm deep and is possibly a natural hollow. The others appear to be human-made. On the 3D model there appears to be another possible cup mark towards the N edge of the panel, and a possible cup and ring mark on the S edge. These were not seen on the site visit however. The surface is quite weathered.