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Submitted by kelpie on Sunday, 30 June 2019 Page Views: 18467
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Crow Stone (Wigtown) Alternative Name: Hole Stone (Crouse); Broomhill; Bridal Stone (Crouse)Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Wigtown Nearest Village: Kirkcowan
Map Ref: NX3658555732 Landranger Map Number: 83
Latitude: 54.869586N Longitude: 4.548098W
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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Anne T visited on 18th Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Holed Stone/Crow Stone, Crouse: Coming to these last two sites marked the start of our return journey back to Northumberland, and I wasn’t really ready to go back! This stone stood near the northern edge of a field of grass, just east of the B7052, and south of the White Cairn at Crouse.
The field of grass had just been cut and the farmer and his various tractors and trailers were collecting the grass in the surrounding fields and transporting it back to Crouse farmhouse, just to the south and on the other side of the road. Because of all the traffic on the road, we dumped the car in a wide gated field entrance at NX 36446 55808, ready to run back to the car if we needed to move it. We got into the field with the holed stone through a gate at NX 36533 55647, walking NE towards it; it was further than it looked, having to step over the mounds of cut grass.
A very nice spot, with the Galloway Hills a dark blue/grey in the distance.
DrewParsons kelpie HaggisAction have visited here
For more information see Canmore ID 62872 which records from a Name Book of 1848 that there was a second stone some 15 yards to the east. Both stones were 'traditionally said to have been associated with marriage ceremonies'. An entry from 1975 reports that "The removal and destruction of the second stone are said by W Armstrong, antiquarian collector, to have taken place about 1857" and adds the perforation: "about the centre of the breadth and is formed by the connection of two opposing bowl-shaped depressions, about 9" wide and as many deep, by a channel 4in long."
Page originally by Kelpie. Additional information added by Drew Parsons September 2010.
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