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<< Our Photo Pages >> Milton Hill - Standing Stones in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway

Submitted by vicky on Friday, 08 October 2004  Page Views: 7091

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Milton Hill Alternative Name: Milton Hall; Blairbuy
Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Port William  Nearest Village: Monreith
Map Ref: NX36174159  Landranger Map Number: 83
Latitude: 54.742490N  Longitude: 4.546556W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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
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markj99 visited on 7th Feb 2009 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3 There is something magical about a perfectly matched pair of standing stones. The Blairbuy Stones are almost perfectly matched in shape and size. They could be the portal to another world.

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Milton Hill
Milton Hill submitted by cosmic : Along the Line (Vote or comment on this photo)
Pair of Standing Stones in Dumfries & Galloway

For more information on these standing stones see Canmore ID 62753 which says: Stone Circle (remains of), Blairbuy: Two small pointed stones stand E-W of each other, a few feet apart, on the face of a slope c.1/4 mile SE of the "Wren's Egg".

A visit in 1973 recorded: "They cannot be identified as forming part of a stone circle."
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Milton Hill
Milton Hill submitted by postman : There's a hillfort on the hill in the background. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Milton Hill submitted by cosmic : Side View (Vote or comment on this photo)

Milton Hill
Milton Hill submitted by cosmic : View towards Wren's Egg (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Milton Hill
Milton Hill submitted by postman : Zoomed from the lane between the Wrens Egg and nest and what I thought was called Blairbury standing stones not Milton hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Milton Hill
Milton Hill submitted by postman : Looking over to the Wren's Egg and nest.

Milton Hill
Milton Hill submitted by postman : Zooming back up the hill

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 406m NNW 348° Wren's Egg* Standing Stones (NX36104199)
 750m NE 55° Blairbuy 4 Rock Art (NX368420)
 971m ESE 105° Blairbuy 1* Rock Art (NX371413)
 997m NNE 31° Blairbuy 6* Rock Art (NX36714243)
 1.1km SSE 161° Knock Rock Art (4)* Rock Art (NX365405)
 1.2km ESE 109° Blairbuy 2* Rock Art (NX37284117)
 1.2km N 355° Black Loch of Myrton Settlement* Crannog (NX3610442835)
 1.3km ENE 75° Fell of Barhullion* Hillfort (NX37454188)
 1.4km E 81° Blairbuy 5* Rock Art (NX37594175)
 1.5km ENE 58° Blairbuy 3* Rock Art (NX37464233)
 1.5km WSW 253° Barsalloch* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (NX3472041210)
 1.5km SSE 167° Knock Rock Art (1)* Rock Art (NX36454012)
 1.6km SSE 168° St Medana's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NX36454005)
 1.6km N 3° Lady Well (Monreith Mains) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NX36314315)
 1.7km SSE 165° Kirkmaiden Old Church* Ancient Cross (NX3655739968)
 1.7km NNW 347° White Loch of Myrton* Crannog (NX35854328)
 1.8km SSE 154° Knock 5* Carving (NX36903995)
 2.2km SSE 162° Boden Walls Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NX36773947)
 2.7km N 4° Drumtroddan Stone Row* Stone Row / Alignment (NX36454430)
 3.1km N 360° Drumtroddan Cup and Ring Markings* Rock Art (NX36264474)
 4.7km ENE 56° White Loch. Crannog (NX40174404)
 5.6km SE 138° Laggan Camp* Hillfort (NX3976437252)
 6.1km SE 132° Glasserton Mains* Rock Art (NX40613737)
 6.8km NNE 16° Longcastle School House* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NX3824948105)
 6.8km NE 38° Dowalton Crannogs* Crannog (NX40614681)
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Re: Milton Hall by Anonymous on Sunday, 22 June 2003
should read milton hill, part of blairbuy farm.
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