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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bogleys - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Fife

Submitted by Nick on Wednesday, 10 November 2004  Page Views: 13803

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bogleys
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 4.093 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Fife Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Kirkcaldy  Nearest Village: Gallatown
Map Ref: NT296951  Landranger Map Number: 59
Latitude: 56.143385N  Longitude: 3.134566W
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
 1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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
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Bogleys
Bogleys submitted by Nick : NT296951 Fife This stone stands in a field just on the eastern outskirts of Kirkcaldy, just where the A921 branches from the A92. Parking can be accomplished a couple of hundred metres along this road (a small layby). It is a large lump of sandstone standing just under 2m high, 1m wide, and about 0.6m thick, aligned E-W. There is one small cup mark high on the north face of the stone. Accord... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in Fife. This stone stood in a field just on the eastern outskirts of Kirkcaldy, just where the A921 branches from the A92. (see comments below) Parking can be accomplished a couple of hundred metres along this road (a small layby).

It is a large lump of sandstone standing just under 2m high, 1m wide, and about 0.6m thick, aligned E-W. There is one small cup mark high on the north face of the stone. According to the old Statistical Accounts, it marks the traditional site of a battle with the Danes about AD. 874.

Note: Stone is removed to make way for development!!! See comment below.
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Bogleys
Bogleys submitted by Nick : The cup mark (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NT2995 : A92 southbound by Alex McGregor
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NT2995 : Bogley's Farm, Kirkcaldy by Becky Williamson
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NT2995 : The A92 Fife Regional Road by Bill Kasman
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NT2995 : A92 north of Kirkcaldy from the air by Mike Pennington
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NT2994 : Kirkcaldy Garden Centre by Richard Sutcliffe
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Re: Bogleys by Anonymous on Sunday, 06 November 2022
I saw the stone today lying in in an open shed. There is graffiti on one side.
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Re: Bogleys by Anonymous on Thursday, 04 November 2021
i recently found out about the stone this month (november 2021) to only find out that the stone had been removed in 2004? and never put back in its original spot despite Fife Council saying that they would. Knowing what Fife Council can be like, i highly doubt that it will, Most likely it will just be left somewhere or placed in a completely inappropriate place where it will most likely continue to be vandalised further.
I went to the site where its being "Stored" to see the condition of it. i also took photos and measurements (just incase it's moved never to be seen, stolen or destroyed).
It doesn't need saying, the stone needs to be put back in its original spot.
We can't just allow a 4000+ year old standing stone be left abandoned or destroyed by the useless fools at Fife council.

https://imgur.com/gallery/ti0TI8p
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    Re: Bogleys by Anonymous on Sunday, 10 September 2023
    I just found out about this and indeed, it is awful.
    I also know the r.soles who owned the land and I am not surprised that they discarded it.
    There may be a way of drawing attention to this and I will start tomorrow.
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Re: Bogleys by Anonymous on Sunday, 29 August 2021
It is now 2021 and Bogleys Stone is still in storage. I was told it was being kept safely but an image on Facebook 2 years ago showed it lying on its side inside a damp shed and covered in red graffiti.


This is NOT ''''being kept safely''''.





The Fife Archaeology Dept told me that there had been no finds in the close proximity of the stone - just old beer bottles. However I found in an old book that a dig in the 1800s found funerary cists.





Too late now to find anything as there is a huge housing estate being built on the site. I have heard that the stone will not now be put back in its oroginal place but they will find a place close by to put it.





This is no way to treat such an important standing stone. I suggested 2 years ago that the stone be installed in front of Kirkcaldy Museum meantime which would have meant more people seeing it. A whole generation has now grown up while this has been being ''''kept safe; in storage.


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Re: Bogleys by Anonymous on Tuesday, 05 February 2019
Hello, I was wondering if Bogleys stone has been re erected yet. I have returned to live in Fife and intend to follow this up. It must be reinstated. Any pointers or support would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Scott.
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    Re: Bogleys by Anonymous on Wednesday, 17 April 2019
    No its not and thats them starting to build the houses on the site near where the stone should be if they do build all the houses shops etc dont think the stone will go back to where it should be it was ment to be put back a few years ago never has
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Bogleys stone removed completely by Andy B on Thursday, 15 June 2017
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The stone was removed completely following the excavation, and stored on-site on pallets. It was supposed to be re-erected in 2007 following the end of mining in the area, however despite the site being returned to pasture, the stone remains down. The long-term plan is still to re-erect the stone and ensure easy public access, but as yet that has not happened.

More at: http://www.stravaiging.com/history/ancient/site/bogleys

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    Re: Bogleys stone removed completely by foxglove on Thursday, 03 January 2019
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    Hi Andy,
    Was just wondering if any details of the excavation by Fife Council are available to read on line ?
    Kind regards
    Sharon
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      Re: Bogleys stone removed completely by Andy B on Thursday, 18 April 2019
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      Hello, I've not seen any, if anyone does please let us know here.
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      Re: Bogleys stone removed completely by Anonymous on Sunday, 29 August 2021
      Recent excavations threw up nothing of significance. However I read in a very old book from the 1800s that Funerary Cists were found in a dig 100 years before. It's sacrilage to remove this stone and leave it languishing in a damp shed. A new housing estate is currently being built on the site so even if it is put back it will not be in its original position. Write to the County Archaeologist for info.
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Re: Bogleys by Anonymous on Monday, 03 December 2007
Another case of wanton vandalism by Fife council, this stone was known as the SLEEPING WARRIOR AND LOCAL BELIEF WAS THAT TO SCRATCH THE STONE DURING THE FULL MOON WOULD RESULT IN THE STONE BLEEDING, THIS PROBABLY REFERS TO THE BLOOD RITUALS AND CREMATIONS CARRIED OUT ON THE SITE, Douglas Spiers should be dismissed and greater protection afforded to our ancient monuments, no doubt this stone will never be re erected as the proposed shopping development was a ruse to allow extraction of top grade coal.No other local authority would allow heavy mining works so near a community.Residents of the boreland endured noise, dust and disruption for several years.As for mr Spiers according to him the Picts were of welsh origin ?
Need I say anymore?
Roy Pettigrew roypettigr@hotmail.com
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Re: Bogleys by Anonymous on Wednesday, 10 November 2004
News story from Fife Now 09/11/2004:

Four human cremation burial plots have been uncovered at the Kingslaw opencast site on the outskirts of Kirkcaldy. And it is understood they form part of complex religious ceremonies carried out by settlers thousands of years ago. The discovery was made by Fife Council archaeologists as they removed the 4000-year-old Bogleys Standing Stone from the Kingslaw development, which is currently being mined by Lanarkshire-based GM Mining, before being turned into a business and leisure facility.

Moving and protecting the ancient Bronze Age stone was part of an archaeological condition laid down before planning permission was given.


Fife Council archaeologist Douglas Speirs told The Press: "The Bogleys Stone was probably erected about 4,000 years ago.


"It is the last visible vestige of what must have been a highly charged area of ritual landscape.


"The stone is massive, standing some seven feet above ground and weighing more than five tons.


"Clearly the extraordinary degree of effort that went into moving and erecting this stone demonstrates the intensity of meaning that this site had to the Bronze inhabitants of central Fife.


"Exactly how the stone was used is not entirely clear, but archaeological excavations have shown that complex religious ceremonies, including the symbolic burial of human remains around the stone was practised. "Indeed, four human cremation burials were found radiating out around the stone."


Samples from the excavation have now been sent to a university in Holland for carbon dating to establish when the cremations took place.


The full archaeological rescue package was put together by Fife Council and GM Mining, who paid for all the rescue works.


Mr Sinclair added: "Having now lifted the stone, we know that nothing actually lies underneath it. The likelihood is that it marked the general focus of a prehistoric ritual site rather than actually sitting on top of some specific deposit.


"There is a strong tradition that the stone was lifted and examined some time in the 1840s by local antiquarians who believed that the stone marked the spot of a great Viking chief killed in battle many centuries before.


"The size of the stone makes it unlikely that it was actually lifted, but it is not impossible that inquisitive antiquarians might have dug around it to see what they could find.


"Fortunately, the stone is sitting in a secure solid stone socket cut directly in the underlying solid geology and the excavations showed that the archaeological deposits around the stone had not been substantially disturbed."


After a complex engineering operation the stone was removed and is currently in storage. It is due to be returned to the site in three years time when the coal extraction is complete.


It is planned to re-erect the stone as close to its original position as possible along with a plaque explaining its history stone and its excavation.



Source: Fife Now 09/11/2004

David Raven
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Re: Bogleys by Anonymous on Wednesday, 25 August 2004
Bogleys stone has been removed for safe keeping as it is in the area of Kingslaw OCCS. 24/08/04
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