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Abernethy

Stone Circle (Neolithic)-(Bronze Age)(Possible)

Site Name Abernethy

Classification Stone Circle (Neolithic)-(Bronze Age)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) Licher-stanes

Canmore ID 28004

Site Number NO11NE 90

NGR NO 189 168

NGR Description NO c. 189 168

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Perth And Kinross
  • Parish Abernethy (Perth And Kinross)
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Perth And Kinross
  • Former County Perthshire

Archaeology Notes

NO11NE 90 c. 189 168.

The probable remains of a stone circle are situated in the field called the 'Licher-Stanes', situated between the Parish Church (NO 189 164) and Innernethy (NO 187 176 on OS 1st ed., map), and within a quarter of a mile from the church.

D Butler 1897, 11, 228.

There are no visible remains of a stone circle in any of the fields between the site of Innernethy (NO11NE 61) and Abernethy village (NO11NE 95).

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 28 November 1996.

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