<< Our Photo Pages >> Lyonston Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in South Ayrshire
Submitted by markj99 on Saturday, 29 June 2019 Page Views: 1804
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lyonston Stone Alternative Name: MayboleCountry: Scotland County: South Ayrshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Maybole
Map Ref: NS30991039
Latitude: 55.358356N Longitude: 4.667703W
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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markj99 visited on 28th Nov 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4 I took the opportunity to revisit Lyonston Stone while travelling through Maybole. I normally take the Maybole bypass to and from Ayr. Take the Kirkmichael Road at the E edge of Maybole. After a quarter of a mile there lay-by on the right side of the road. Walk 25 yards back towards Maybole to the iron stile into the field on your right. Follow the wall for 75 yards to the iron stile at which point you can see the stone left of you in the next field.
Lyonston Stone lies in a field of Lyonston farm on the eastern edge of Maybole between the A77 and Kirkmichael Road. It is a substantial standing stone, 4 feet high and squat. It is listed as prehistoric under Canmore ID 41670, a 1895 source saying: "There is a standing stone of grey granite, 4ft high by 3ft 4ins by 2ft 7ins on the summit of rising ground on Lyonstone. It is larger at the top, and very much rounded at the angles".
To find this standing stone, take the Kirkmichael Road at the E edge of Maybole. After a quarter of a mile there lay-by on the right side of the road. Walk 25 yards back towards Maybole to the iron stile into the field on your right. Follow the hedge for 150 yards to the iron stile at which point you can see the stone left of you in the next field.
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