<< Text Pages >> Boydstone Road (Eastwood) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in South Lanarkshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Boydstone Road (Eastwood) Alternative Name: KennisheadCountry: Scotland County: South Lanarkshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Glasgow Nearest Village: Kennishead
Map Ref: NS541608
Latitude: 55.818344N Longitude: 4.330176W
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 |
0 | no data |
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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Renfrewshire
This stone is featured on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) - see their page for Boydstone Road, Eastwood, Glasgow, Renfrewshire. They give a brief archaeology and history of the stone, which was said to be about 12 feet long: "six feet of it in the ground and the other six feet above."
Canmore ID 44370 tells us in 1973, reported by H. Adamson, this stone was: "a single standing stone .... removed in advance of road widening. The straight-sided block had its base set on yellow sandstone. Immediately above the bedrock small stones and earth had been packed against the W and N faces of the standing stone. On top of the packing were two boulders set at right angles to wedge the sides of the stone. No burials or cremations were found."
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