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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dyke Row - Stone Row / Alignment in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway

Submitted by TimPrevett on Saturday, 05 June 2004  Page Views: 11528

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dyke Row Alternative Name: Three Stannin' Stanes (Moffat); Benoaks
Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Moffat  Nearest Village: Beattock
Map Ref: NT0837503820  Landranger Map Number: 78
Latitude: 55.319886N  Longitude: 3.445413W
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
5 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
5

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Anne T visited on 10th Aug 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 1 Access: 4 Dyke Row or Three Stanes, Moffat: I have driven this road many times before, but never noticed these three stones at the side of the road. Having come off the A74(M) onto the A701 travelling towards Moffat, travelling at the speed limit of 60 mph, they are difficult to see. The traffic was too heavy and fast to park at the road side, so finding a space for one car at the road junction to Dyke Farm (grid reference NT 08311 03653) we pulled on our anoraks and headed northwards up the A701. Whilst I’ve been to see many standing stones, this is the first time I felt my life was in danger whilst trying to view them. Timber lorries hurtled along the road in the heavy rain in quick succession. To avoid the spray and protect my camera, I had to turn my back to the road and step onto the grass verge as far away from the road as I could go. A quick run across the road to the stones meant taking my life in my hands to avoid the constant stream of cars, lorries and trucks. The smallest, northern-most stone was completely hidden by the undergrowth, but we gently bent this out of the way to photograph it, then replaced the shrubbery and nettles back over the stones. According to the Canmore record: "These standing stones are on a straight alignment NNE - SSW. The southernmost measures 1.0m x 0.8m x 1.2m high, is oriented ENE - WSW, and has an O S bench mark cut on its W face. The next measures 0.8m x 0.6m x 1.0m high, and is oriented NNE - SSW. The most northerly measures 0.8m x 0.4m x 0.7m high and is oriented ENE - WSW. The construction of the nearby roads would have destroyed any possible related structures."

SandyG visited on 6th Dec 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 1 Access: 5 Car parking is available at NT 08327 03648. From here walk towards Moffat on the roadside path until you reach the row. Carefully cross the busy road. Best visited in the winter or early spring before the vegetation obscures the stones. One of the few stone rows with dreadful ambience.

FrothNinja saw from a distance



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 1 Access: 4.5

Dyke Row
Dyke Row submitted by cosmic : Dyke Row at NT084036 is just to the south of Moffat (Vote or comment on this photo)
A Row of Three Stones (Alignment) in Dumfries and Galloway

Canmore gives the position of the three stones as being NT 08375 03820, NT 08374 03817 and NT 08372 03816 - see Canmore ID 48377 

This record tells us this was the "supposed site of a battle (13th century) and adds: "This setting of three standing stones is situated on the N verge of the Beattock to Moffat road (A701). Aligned NNE-SSW, the stones are graded in height with the tallest on the SSE and the shortest on the NNE. The SSW stone measures 0.95m by 0.8m at the base and stands to a height of 1.7m; the central stone (4.15m to the NNW) is 0.95m by 0.55m at the base and 0.95m in height; the NNE stone, 1.7m from the central stone, measures 0.95m by 0.45m at the base and 0.7m in height."

Update October 2019: This alignment, described as a probable stone row, is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Dyke Row, which includes Canmore's plan of the row, photographs of the alignment and the individual stones, plus access information.

The site is also scheduled on the Historic Environment Scotland website as SM12614 (Benoaks, stone row 150m N of).

The SRoGB notes: "This looks like a stone row, but given the proximity of the public highway and lack of a prehistoric context the possibility must exist that it is the remants of something else which has been truncated by the road … (this site is) best visited in the winter or early spring before the vegetation obscures the stones".
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Dyke Row
Dyke Row submitted by SandyG : View from north east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dyke Row
Dyke Row submitted by SandyG : View from south west. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dyke Row
Dyke Row submitted by SandyG : Looking southward along the row. The row stands next to a busy road. This location throws an element of doubt on its identification as a prehistoric row. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dyke Row submitted by SandyG : View from the east. During the summer months the row is largely obscured by undergrowth. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dyke Row submitted by Anne T : The smallest, and northern-most of the three stones in this row, buried by the undergrowth on the grassy verge.

Dyke Row
Dyke Row submitted by Anne T : The middle of the three stones in Dyke Row/Three Stanes, Moffat.

Dyke Row
Dyke Row submitted by Anne T : The largest, southern-most stone in Dyke Row/Three Stanes.

Dyke Row
Dyke Row submitted by Anne T : This photograph shows the location of the stones along the western side of the A701, just past the speed limit sign but before the brown Tourist Information sign. The traffic went by so fast, it felt really dangerous to be by these stones at times. Managed to get this shot in a gap in the traffic.

Dyke Row
Dyke Row submitted by himmelblau : Dyke Row Standing Stones

Dyke Row
Dyke Row submitted by himmelblau : Dyke Row Standing Stones This morning I set out determined to take photos of the stone circle at Wildshaw Burn in South Lanarkshire which is off the B7078. I found the area no problem but failed to locate the stone circle; dejected at having failed I decided go to Moffat, have a cappuccino and then head onto the Grey Mare’s Tail waterfall to take some photos, at least that way my day would no...

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Re: Dyke Row by Anne T on Sunday, 02 July 2017
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These stones are at the side of the very busy A701 which can have large, fast moving timber (and other) trucks. Please be very careful when visiting and photographing these stones.
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Re: Dyke Row by coldrum on Saturday, 17 April 2010
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