Alternative Names Na Carraigean
Site type FOUR POSTER STONE CIRCLE
Canmore ID 25877
Site Number NN86SW 3
NGR NN 8386 6200
Council PERTH AND KINROSS
Parish BLAIR ATHOLL
Former Region TAYSIDE
Former District PERTH AND KINROSS
Former County PERTHSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NN86SW 3 8386 6200.

(NN 8386 6200) Na Carraigean (NR)
OS 6" map, Perthshire, 2nd ed., (1900)

(NN 8386 6200) Na Clachan Aoraidh (NR).
OS 1" map, (1956), sheet No. 48.

Stone circle of four stones set on an artificially raised platform of which the basal stones are visible on the E and the N Diameter of circle approx 12ft with tallest upright (3ft 6ins) to the west. On the highest point of the moor.
Information from M E C Stewart to OS, 20 November 1962.

Named Na Carriagean 'the rocks' on OS 6" map, "but the name given to me by the people was Clachan Aoraidh, 'the Stones of Worship'.
W J Watson 1915.

A typical 'four-poster' consisting of a setting of four stones on the centre of a slight artificial platform, 18.0m in diameter and 0.6m high. The platform is turf-covered and no stones are now visible round its perimeter. The SW of the four stones is upright and is 1.2m high, the others, of similar size, are either recumbent or semi-recumbent. A slight hollow in the centre of the platform is the result of amateur digging. "Na Clachan Aoraidh" is the locally preferred name (information from W J Watt, Head Forester, Forest Lodge, Allean).
Visited by OS (W D J) 14 September 1967.

'4-Poster'
Information contained in letter from H A W Burl, Hull to OS 26 November 1970.

Coles, F R (1908) 'Report on stone circles surveyed in Perthshire - North Eastern section; with measured plans and drawings (obtained under the Gunning Fellowship)', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol.42
Page(s): figs. 12-15

Watson, W J (1915) 'Circular forts in Lorn and north Perthshire; with a note on the excavation of one at Borenich, Loch Tummel', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol.49
Page(s): 20 plan