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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bogle Stane - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Scotland in Inverclyde

Submitted by AstroGeologist on Saturday, 11 January 2020  Page Views: 4107

Natural PlacesSite Name: Bogle Stane Alternative Name: The Bogle Stone, Bogal Stane
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.256 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Inverclyde Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Port Glasgow  Nearest Village: Kilmacolm
Map Ref: NS3370773634
Latitude: 55.926938N  Longitude: 4.663162W
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
2 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
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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
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AstroGeologist visited on 10th May 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5 Bogle Stane : Quite large remains of a Glacial Erratic perched at the top of the Clune Brae. At some time in the distant past there was an minister who lived in the area, and jealous of the lore and superstitions surrounding the Monolith, he sneakily arranged to have to stone blown up and carted off to be used to build some local dykes, with enough left over to make some curling stones. You can clearly see where the gunpowder shattered the rock in pieces. Said to have been nearly 4m tall before it was destroyed, it would have been seen for miles around, and was said to have been a local beauty and picnic spot back then, with fantastic views across the River Clyde of Ben Lomond 29km away. The trackway from Kilmacolm to Port Glasgow used to run on the other side of the Bogle Stane, which is why it is sometimes (Incorrectly) said to have been 'moved' across the road. It is stuck right beside a path and a road, across from a school that used to be called Boglestone School (Now called Newark after the Castle at the bottom of the Clune Brae) it has houses and shops surrounding it and the place is just chaos. The peaceful serenity this place once had is now long gone. Having been here 10,000+ years, this stone probably played an important role throughout history, and must have been significant to all who lived here. Even today the old stone lends it's name to the local area, with the whole place now called Boglestone. There is an unusual stonemasons mark on the Eastern face of the Erratic, nothing is recorded about who made it. There was at one time a plaque with a poem attached to the Bogle Stane, but this is now long gone. *Getting There ; From Port Glasgow bus or train station it is approx 2km away (45 min walk) Get the '531' bus to Boglestone from the town centre (The Bogle Stane has it's very own bus stop) at the top the Clune Brae, which is a steep hill 1.4km long. The bus journey takes 5 minutes.

Bogle Stane
Bogle Stane submitted by AstroGeologist : Facing E (10.05.19) : The remains of Bogle Stane (Vote or comment on this photo)
A Glacial Erratic made of Whinstone, at the top of the Clune Brae. Deposited here during the last Ice Age, from Loch Long 15+km away to the NW. It measures about 3m x 3m with a maximum height of 1m. Bogles in Scots myth were mischievous spirits, and the Bogle Stane was once the supposed abode of a bogle who used to hide behind it and scare folk. The local minister, tired of this superstition arranged to have the stone blown up, with the remains used for curling stones and dykes. Before the minister destroyed the stone it was said to have been nearly 4m tall.

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Bogle Stane
Bogle Stane submitted by AstroGeologist : Facing S (10.05.19) : The remains of Bogle Stane (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bogle Stane submitted by AstroGeologist : Facing E (18.07.19) : The remains of Bogle Stane (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bogle Stane submitted by AstroGeologist : Facing SE (18.07.19) : The remains of Bogle Stane (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bogle Stane submitted by AstroGeologist : Facing SSW (18.07.19) : The remains of Bogle Stane (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bogle Stane submitted by AstroGeologist : Facing SW (18.07.19) : The remains of Bogle Stane (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bogle Stane submitted by AstroGeologist : Facing W (10.05.19) : Close up of the stonemason mark on the East face of Bogle Stane (1 comment)

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Bogle Stane submitted by AstroGeologist : Facing W (18.07.19) : The stonemason mark on the East face of Bogle Stane

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Bogle Stane submitted by AstroGeologist : Facing NE (18.07.19) : The remains of Bogle Stane

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