Murthly Hospital | Canmore (original) (raw)
Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Cinerary Urn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Digital Images
DP 239582
General view
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
30/7/2016
© Copyright: G F Geddes. Courtesy of HES.
DP 239584
General view
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
30/7/2016
© Copyright: G F Geddes. Courtesy of HES.
DP 239585
General view
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
30/7/2016
© Copyright: G F Geddes. Courtesy of HES.
DP 239588
General view
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
30/7/2016
© Copyright: G F Geddes. Courtesy of HES.
SC 2397669
Murthly Hospital, NO13NW 4, Ordnance Survey index card, Verso
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)
DP 239587
General view
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
30/7/2016
© Copyright: G F Geddes. Courtesy of HES.
SC 2397666
Murthly Hospital, NO13NW 4, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)
SC 2397667
Murthly Hospital, NO13NW 4, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)
DP 239586
General view
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
30/7/2016
© Copyright: G F Geddes. Courtesy of HES.
DP 239583
General view
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
30/7/2016
© Copyright: G F Geddes. Courtesy of HES.
SC 2397668
Murthly Hospital, NO13NW 4, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)
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Administrative Areas
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Little Dunkeld
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Archaeology Notes
NO13NW 4 1027 3851.
(NO 1027 3851) Stone Circle (NR)
OS 6" map (1959)
Prior to the laying-out of the asylum at Murthly in 1863-4, this stone circle stood out prominently in an open field but it is now planted and surrounded by an earthen mound. It is probable that the circle originally comprised 8 stones, of which 5 remain ranging from 3 1/2 to 8ft in height.
In 1863-4, some cinerary urns were found within a few yards of the circle, some in groups of 2 and 3 and one series arranged in a circle. One example however, was buried alone, and contained partly burnt human bones, possibly of a child, together with a perforated bone object, probably a button or plaything.
F R Coles 1908; A Mitchell 1873
Generally as described and planned by the above. The urns were not located.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 28 February 1969.
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