
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ferntower as Cup Marked Stone (prehistoric)(possible), Four Poster Stone Circle (bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Ferntower is likely associated with the Neolithic or Bronze Age, given the presence of cup marks and its possible association with a four-poster stone circle. Such stones may have had ritual or ceremonial significance, possibly linked to water sources or landscape features common in Scottish prehistoric sites.
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Places near here
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Crieff, Knock of Crieff, View IndicatorView Finder (20th Century) · 779 yd
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Crieff Town HallVisitor information · 1547 yd
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War MemorialMemorial · 1593 yd
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Photo: Ewen Rennie · CC BY-SA 2.0