4. CASTLETON STANDING STONE, Upper Hillfoot Road, Dollar

Archaeology & History

Originally standing to the west of the farmhouse, this large stone was moved and resurrected sometime in the 1920s to its present position.  It’s another gorgeous standing stone in a truly beautiful setting, set amidst a richly coloured landscape breathing life all around you.  I get one helluva good feeling when I visited this site, but it’s the cradle of the landscape itself with Law Hill, Gloom Hill and the Ochils stretching around here that does it to me.

The northern cup-marked side

Castleton standing stone, looking south

The stone is some eight feet tall, with a couple of its upright faces covered in what looks like cup-markings, but these are man-made.