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

Submitted by Nick on Sunday, 14 December 2003  Page Views: 10332

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pitcorthie. Alternative Name: Aberdour Road, Easter Pitcorthie
Country: Scotland County: Fife Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Dunfermline  Nearest Village: Pitcorthie
Map Ref: NT11398633  Landranger Map Number: 65
Latitude: 56.061577N  Longitude: 3.424623W
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 2nd Nov 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 4 Pitcorthie Standing Stone, Dunfermline: Our last site visit of our short holiday, and I wish we'd picked a better spot to end on. After the Balfarg Henge, I shouldn't have been surprised that this stone is surprisingly right in the middle of a housing estate, on Standing Stone Walk. It is a poor, sadly neglected stone; it could just have been a garden feature, especially as it is set in a rectangular pavement of black stones. Like a previous visitor to the stone, being surrounded by rows and rows of houses, we very much felt watched as I was taking photographs and looking around.

hamish have visited here

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Pitcorthie. submitted by Nick : NT113863 Also known as Easter Pitcorthie, Pitcorthie standing stone resides in the middle of a Dunfermline housing estate. It stands approx 1.5m in height and has an unsculptred and jagged appearance. Although it is a pretty cool stone the presence of 100 living and bedroom windows does not induce a lengthy stay . NMRS state that the stone appears to have been subjected to fire or heat. It has ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Also known as Easter Pitcorthie, Pitcorthie standing stone resides in the middle of a Dunfermline housing estate. It stands approx 1.5m in height and has an unsculptred and jagged appearance.

Although it is a pretty cool stone the presence of 100 living and bedroom windows does not induce a lengthy stay.

NMRS state that the stone appears to have been subjected to fire or heat. It has been subjected to graffiti. This unsculptured standing stone, on the crest of slightly rising ground, is 5'10" high; 3' from the ground, its girth is 11'10". It is of sandstone, main axis N-S, and appears to have been subjected to fire or heat.

When seen in 1959, this stone was as described but by 1972 it had been set in a pavement of granite setts as a "feature" in a green space in a housing estate. Rather a soul-less setting, this stone has little or no 'feel' to it these days, and it is hard to visulaise what it may have looked like in its original setting.
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Pitcorthie. submitted by hamish : It's amazing that this stone survives in this position, I wonder if it gets many people just looking. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pitcorthie. submitted by Anne T : Another view of this neglected, dirty standing stone, showing its proximity to the houses on its southern side. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pitcorthie. submitted by Anne T : Houses, houses everywhere, along with rubbish. We did feel very watched photographing this stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pitcorthie. submitted by Anne T : Whilst the houses around the green look relatively far away on this photograph, the reality is that we felt very hemmed in by the closeness of the rows of houses immediately around. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pitcorthie. submitted by Anne T : First view of this standing stone, which is sited in a small green/play area on Standing Stone Walk. A lot grimier and dirtier than when Hamish visited in 2003. I could easily have mistaken this for part of a garden feature, especially with the paved area around its base. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pitcorthie. submitted by hamish : Another aspect of the stone, there is surprisingly little graffiti on it. Lots of kids about.

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Pitcorthie. submitted by hamish : This Stone sits in the middle of a housing estate. I asked a lady where it was and she said "o' aye, the Stanes ower there" so people know about it.

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Pitcorthie. submitted by Nick : looking S

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