<< Our Photo Pages >> Grassmarket modern menhir - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Midlothian
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Grassmarket modern menhirCountry: Scotland County: Midlothian Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Edinburgh
Map Ref: NT25337333
Latitude: 55.947183N Longitude: 3.197195W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Anne T visited on 18th Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Modern Megalith, Grassmarket, Edinburgh: This stone was on our walk for the afternoon. It took a bit of finding, located behind the bins and underneath the trees. This modern megalith stands under a group of trees on the paved area of Grassmarket. In the time we spent photographing it, no-one else appeared remotely interested, despite the large numbers of tourists in the area.
It has a plaque which reads: “This plaque was unveiled on 3rd of October 1977 by the Rt. Hon. Kenneth Borwick, Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of a reorganisation of Edinburgh Markets authorised by King James III on 3rd of October 1477. The Cattle Market was situated at the western end of the Grassmarket and in King’s Stables Road. This area was then just outside the Burgh.” Underneath this larger plaque is a smaller one which says: “Stone laid by Grassmarket Area Traders Association, 3rd October 1977.”
schwagmyre have visited here
Less than 1m tall standing stone placed in the pavement on the western part of the Grassmarket square. In this case, it is a modern stone.
According to the attached metal plaque, the stone was erected in 1977 on the cost of local business association to commemorate ‘the 500th anniversary of a reorganisation of Edinburgh markets authorised by King James III on 3rd October 1477’.
Nice one..
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