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<< Text Pages >> Frogden - Stone Circle in Scotland in Scottish Borders

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Frogden Alternative Name: Five Stone Field, Trysting Stones; The Tryst; Fire Stones
Country: Scotland County: Scottish Borders Type: Stone Circle
 Nearest Village: Linton
Map Ref: NT77372922  Landranger Map Number: 74
Latitude: 55.556140N  Longitude: 2.360295W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Stone Circle in Scottish Borders

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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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NT7729 : Five Stone Field by Anne Burgess
by Anne Burgess
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NT7729 : Grassland near Linton by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
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NT7729 : Equestrian Gathering by Anne Burgess
by Anne Burgess
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NT7728 : Frogden Plantation by Anne Burgess
by Anne Burgess
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NT7728 : Sheep on kale by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2011(licence)

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