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New Fowlis is a Bronze Age cairn and standing stone located in Perthshire, Scotland, ninety metres north of a local crossroads. The monument comprises two distinct elements typical of Bronze Age funerary and ceremonial practice: a substantial stone cairn and an associated upright stone. The site sits upon bedrock of the Strathmore Group, formed during the Emsian period and composed principally of sandstone with subordinate bands of conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.
The standing stone would have served ritual or boundary functions common to Bronze Age communities, whilst the cairn represents a burial monument, likely constructed as a communal grave or to mark a significant individual. Such paired monuments suggest considerable communal investment in both burial practice and landscape marking during the Bronze Age, indicating the site's importance within its local settlement pattern.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM1573, recognising its archaeological significance and the information it holds about Bronze Age society in Strathmore. The local bedrock geology would have shaped how Bronze Age people worked and moved through this landscape, as sandstone outcrops provide suitable stone for cairn construction whilst the broader terrain offers good agricultural potential.
New Fowlis,cairn and standing stone 90m N of the crossroads is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1573. View the official record →
New Fowlis is a Bronze Age cairn and standing stone located in Perthshire, Scotland, ninety metres north of a local crossroads. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1573.
New Fowlis,cairn and standing stone 90m N of the crossroads dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a cairn and standing stone 90m n of the crossroads. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
New Fowlis,cairn and standing stone 90m N of the crossroads is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM1573.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Parkhead, ring-ditch, souterrain and enclosure 200m NE of (6.1 km), Craigmill Cottage, fort 230m SSE of (6.2 km), Cuiltburn, Roman road 550m SSE of (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of New Fowlis,cairn and standing stone 90m N of the crossroads's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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New Fowlis,cairn and standing stone 90m N of the crossroads stands on Strathmore Group, bedrock that formed in the Emsian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.