Courthill Stone (Craighall; Glenballoch Stone)

All pictures copyright © 1999 Martin McCarthy

Looking southwest. Just over the right shoulder of the megalith on a distant grassy knoll a small four-poster circle can (barely) be seen. Large Image (91kb 825x390) Looking south Large Image (106kb 542x660) Looking southeast Large Image (110kb 640x534) Looking northeast. A group of cup marks can be seen at the lower right of the stone Large Image (133kb 541x790) There are nine cup-marks here, four of which can be clearly seen in the picture. Large Image (67kb 373x412) Looking southwest Large Image (108kb 452x754)

This monolith stands on the lower slopes of Glen Balloch and is nearly nine feet tall and twenty feet in circumference. Across the nearby burn is a small ruinous four-poster circle. On the east face of the monolith are at least nine cupmarks.