<< Our Photo Pages >> Drybridge - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in North Ayrshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: DrybridgeCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.169 km away from the location you searched for.
County: North Ayrshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Irvine Nearest Village: Drybridge
Map Ref: NS35923644 Landranger Map Number: 70
Latitude: 55.593858N Longitude: 4.605413W
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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AstroGeologist visited on 3rd Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Drybridge Menhir :
This 2.6m tall Menhir is positioned near a bend in the River Irvine, and would have stood out immensely against the relatively flat landscape surrounding the site.
*Dundonald Cursus is 0.5km to the North, with the Mesolithic settlement at Dreghorn roughly 2km away
*Shewalton Moor Mesolithic settlement is 2.5km to the West
*A vitrified Bronze Age Hillfort on Dundonald Hill was located 2km to the South, with Kemp Law Dun nearly 3km away
So the whole was thriving for thousands of years before this Menhir was even erected. 4,000 years ago it would have been quite the sight
*Getting There ; You can walk or get the bus from Irvine to Dreghorn (Briton's oldest continuously inhabited village) and get off at Dundonald Road. From here it is around a half hour walk.
Follow the road South and walk under the A71 overpass onto Dreghorn Road. Follow this road for 20 or so minutes and you pass the site of Dundonald Cursus in a field to your right.
Continue on for another 5 minutes and you will end up at the tiny Drybridge village. Drybridge Road changes name to Main Street and you will see Shewalton Road turning off to the right. Take this right and walk to the gate of the 1st field you encounter.
The Standing Stone is in now situated in a farmers field, with an old railway line running behind it to the South and houses to the East.
More information can be found on Canmore ID 41911 which says: "this impressive (prehistoric) standing stone is on level ground in a field ... about 20m OD. It has a maximum height of 2.6m, and ... is roughly square with a girth of about 4.0m and a maximum width of 1.3m. There is some evidence of cattle rubbing, but otherwise it appears unmarked."
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