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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Frogden Alternative Name: Five Stone Field, Trysting Stones; The Tryst; Fire StonesCountry: Scotland County: Scottish Borders Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Village: Linton
Map Ref: NT77372922 Landranger Map Number: 74
Latitude: 55.556140N Longitude: 2.360295W
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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The statistical account of Scotland, Edinburgh, Vol.3, 123, (1792) and the Ordnance Survey 6" map of Roxburghshire (1918-38), record a stone circle about a mile north east of Frogden, on the north side of the road between Frogden and Greenlees at approx. NT 7737 2922. The circle consisted of five or six upright stones forming a small circle about the size of a "cock pit".
This circle, which was adopted as a rendezvous by Border raiders in the Middle Ages and became known as the "Tryst", has long since disappeared, but its approximate site is indicated on the Ordnance Survey map by the name Five (misprinted "Fire") Stone Field. Neither the name 'Five Stone Field' nor any circle of stones appears on an estate plan of the lands of Frogden dated 1788, now in the farmhouse of Frogden.
Also known as "Five Stone Field", this site is recorded as Canmore ID 58189. In 1967, Canmore noted: "Neither the name 'Five Stone Field' nor any circle of stones appears on an estate plan of the lands of Frogden dated 1788, now in the farmhouse of Frogden ..... this was the site of an archaeological monument, which may no longer be visible."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also feature a page for this site - see their entry for Frogden Circle, Linton, Roxburghshire, which includes a brief archaeology & history and local folklore.
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