Drumderg

Nearest town:
Alyth (9km ESE)
OS reference:
NO171545
OS sheet:
53
Latitude:
56° 40' 29.57 N
Longitude:
3° 21' 11.02 W
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Image of Drumderg (Standing Stone / Menhir) by drewbhoy

Looking north east, bit of a difference from Nick’s photos.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Oct 24, 2019

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Drumderg

Drumderg Monuments Threatened by Windfarm Development

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Natalie Nov 30, 2003

Scottish and Southern Energy plc have chosen Drumderg Hill near Alyth in Perthshire for the development of a sixteen turbine windfarm development.

Drumderg

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Dec 27, 2019

Head south on the minor road from Cairn Gleamnach and you’ll reach the the Drumderg Wind Farm. I parked at the large area near the locked gates. It says danger to walkers, I ignored this thinking it highly unlikely a turbine would land on my head.

The standing stone is about a 400m walk from the road and is to the north side of the track. It is impressive, well shaped and stands at 2m tall. Well positioned it has fantastic views, the Lomonds (in Fife) to the south, west to Gleamnach, east to the Angus hills and north to Glenshee.

Impressive!

Visited 22/10/2019.

Drumderg

nickbrand
nickbrand Apr 16, 2003

One of the Scottish Megaraks, George Currie, mentioned this stone to me. It’s not marked on the OS Landranger map, but it’s most definitely there. 200 m or so in from the road, just off a rough track. About 1.7 m tall, and 0.7 m wide, it stands proud with a terrific viewpoint north, west and south, just on the SW shoulder of Drumderg. It’s obviously a great favourite with the sheep, too, as the eroded area round the base and traces of wool on the shaft show. From one angle it looks a bit like an upright axe-head.

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