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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: LaggangarnCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Stranraer
Map Ref: NX22237166 Landranger Map Number: 76
Latitude: 55.007654N Longitude: 4.781376W
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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Cross Incised Standing Stones in Dumfries and Galloway
For more information on these cross incised standing stones see Canmore site no. 62495 which records a 1911 entry which reads: "Two cross-marked standing stones, of grey Silurian sandstone, traditionally said to be the survivors of a group of fourteen, seven of which remained in situ in 1873. Each bears on its west face the incised outline of an expanded-arm Latin cross 2ft to 3ft high with incised crosslets." The entry goes onto say how some of the stones were used as gate posts and lintels.
A more recent entry from 1976 tells us there is another "smaller stone 14.0m to their East presumably marking the farmer's grave. The standing stones are situated on the western extremity of a low knoll; there is no trace of other standing stones."
There is a also a publication account from 1986 which reads: "Lonely sentinels over a remote moorland, this closely spaced pair of rough slabs now serves as a prominent landmark for travellers on the Southern Upland Way. Standing erect to heights of 1.88m and 1.58m, they each bear on the western face an incised Latin cross with tapered arms and, within the angles, four small crosses formed of intersecting lines. The larger crosses are of a style ascribable to the 7th-9th century AD, but the stones on which these Christian memorials have been carved are almost certainly of prehistoric origin. Tradition asserts that there were once thirteen stones in the group, but just how many there may have been and whether they ever formed a circle has not been convincingly demonstrated."
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