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The Henge Monuments of the British Isles: Myth and Archaeology

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Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 22 December 2002  Page Views: 9514

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Standingstone (East Lothian)
Country: Scotland County: East Lothian Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: East Linton  Nearest Village: Standingstone
Map Ref: NT57737363  Landranger Map Number: 67
Latitude: 55.953827N  Longitude: 2.678509W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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.
4 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
4

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Anne T visited on 27th Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Standingstone Standing Stone, East Lothian: As we pulled up outside the Standingstone farm house, a lady and her black pug came out of the farmyard. I apologised for turning up out of the blue, but did she know about the standing stone, and she said ‘yes’, asked if I knew where it was, and walked us to it. It was in a little orchard, behind the adjacent cottage. There were glacial striations on the stone, now vertical as the stone had been stood upright. When talking about the hillfort above us (Tarprain Law) she said “the chieftain was supposed to have thrown his daughter off the top, for falling in love with someone she shouldn’t have. She was supposed to have turned into a robin. The strange thing about here is that we have hundreds and hundreds of robins, and they are here all year. Weird.” She gave a shiver. She told me we were supposed to hug the standing stones.

Standingstone (East Lothian)
Standingstone (East Lothian) submitted by cosmic : Viewed from South (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in East Lothian

Brief information on this Prehistoric Standing Stone is recorded on Canmore ID 56405 which describes this as: "In the stackyard at Standingstone farm is a fine tall four-sided monolith, 9ft 2ins in height, the sides measuring 2ft 3ins, 2ft 3ins, 2ft 8ins, and 2ft 5ins respectively in breadth."

They say no markings were seen on the stone, although they add: "The Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB) records that several 'rude' stone coffins' have been found near it."

This standing stone is also featured on Ancient Stones - see their entry for 004 Standing Stone, Standingstone, East Linton, which gives directions for finding this stone, nearest parking and fieldnotes.
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Standingstone (East Lothian)
Standingstone (East Lothian) submitted by Anne T : A slightly different view to the south west. If you ignore the dump to the left of the stone, it really is in a lovely location, with Traprain Law hillfort rising high behind it. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Standingstone (East Lothian)
Standingstone (East Lothian) submitted by Anne T : Standing on the cottage side of the standing stone, looking to the south west, towards what I think is Whitelaw Hill in the distance. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Standingstone (East Lothian)
Standingstone (East Lothian) submitted by Anne T : This Standingstone is located in a small orchard, just to the west of Standingstone Farm Barn and just south of the cottage to its east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Standingstone (East Lothian)
Standingstone (East Lothian) submitted by Anne T : I'd walked past this standing stone, before realising it was in the middle of the dappled light of a small, heavily laden apple orchard. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Standingstone (East Lothian)
Standingstone (East Lothian) submitted by Anne T : A view of the western face of this standing stone.

Standingstone (East Lothian)
Standingstone (East Lothian) submitted by Anne T : The (glacial?) striations on the east face of this standing stone, indicating it laid flat at some point and has been stood upright.

Standingstone (East Lothian)
Standingstone (East Lothian) submitted by cosmic : Viewed from West

Standingstone (East Lothian)
Standingstone (East Lothian) submitted by cosmic : Viewed from North

Standingstone (East Lothian)
Standingstone (East Lothian) submitted by cosmic : Site in East Lothian Scotland: Viewed from East

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Re: Standingstone by Andy B on Sunday, 01 July 2018
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Anne T writes: When visiting the Standing Stone next to Standingstone Farm, we met the farmer's wife walking her dog. She took us to the location of the standing stone and were talking about Tarprain Law. Se said “the chieftain was supposed to have thrown his daughter off the top, for falling in love with someone she shouldn’t have, and she was supposed to have turned into a robin. The strange thing about here is that we have hundreds and hundreds of robins, and they are here all year round. Weird.” She gave a shiver, and so did I!
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Re: Standingstone by cosmic on Saturday, 31 May 2008
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Condition:4
Ambience:2
Access:4
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Situated in an orchard behind a cottage and flanked by farm buildings is this tall, imposing standing stone.
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