Fowlis Wester Stone Circle Perthshire
This is a very interesting site in a great location on the moor up above Fowlis Wester village, looking out over Strathearn to the Ochils beyond.
There has been a lot of debate in the past about what this site actually consists of, but it now seems that this is the consensus – one cairn with a surrounding stone circle, a second cairn, and two standing stones (one now fallen).
“Fowlis Wester, East” is slightly elliptical, measuring 4.9 x 5.7 metres, and is surrounded by a ring of low orthostats (graded to the ESE) which may have numbered 14 (although it is now semi-ruinous and some stones are missing). Within this ring is a kerb-cairn bounded by slabs, one of which (to the SW) bears cup marks. Much of the cairn material has been removed, but during excavation in 1939 a clay floor was discovered, with scattered burnt bone and charcoal near the centre, along with a sandstone disc and large quantities of quartz chips.
A standing stone – “Stone A” – stands 1.8 metres high, at a distance of 9.5m to the NNE of this ring. It stands in a large pit which was found to contain charcoal, burnt bone and quartz chip. To its E side was found a pit filled with white water-worn stones.
Fowlis Wester Stone Circle Perthshire
This is a very interesting site in a great location on the moor up above Fowlis Wester village, looking out over Strathearn to the Ochils beyond.
There has been a lot of debate in the past about what this site actually consists of, but it now seems that this is the consensus – one cairn with a surrounding stone circle, a second cairn, and two standing stones (one now fallen).
“Fowlis Wester, East” is slightly elliptical, measuring 4.9 x 5.7 metres, and is surrounded by a ring of low orthostats (graded to the ESE) which may have numbered 14 (although it is now semi-ruinous and some stones are missing). Within this ring is a kerb-cairn bounded by slabs, one of which (to the SW) bears cup marks. Much of the cairn material has been removed, but during excavation in 1939 a clay floor was discovered, with scattered burnt bone and charcoal near the centre, along with a sandstone disc and large quantities of quartz chips.
A standing stone – “Stone A” – stands 1.8 metres high, at a distance of 9.5m to the NNE of this ring. It stands in a large pit which was found to contain charcoal, burnt bone and quartz chip. To its E side was found a pit filled with white water-worn stones.