This standing stone is found on a slight knoll behind the reception building of Auchingarrich Wildlife park. It was been described previously as a Roman Stone, to commemorate the dead of Mons Grampus as there is a Roman marching camp further north. But this stone also has some Neolithic/early Bronze Age in the form of basic cup-marks on the west and east sides of the stone, hinting at an older history.
The conglomerate schist stone is 2.54m tall, 1.1m in breadth and on the eastern side 0.45m while the western side flares out to 0.74m. The northern face presents shearing of the schist on the eastern side with lichen and moss further up. The southern face is much smoother.
From this stone, there are wide views all around, if not for the more recent buildings. It also marks a higher viewpoint of the Strowan road glen, that presents with open-air rock art, some more complex than others. There are also other stones nearby in the form of stone circles in Dalginross and at West Cowden.
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