<< Our Photo Pages >> Muirkirk Stane - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in East Ayrshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Muirkirk Stane Alternative Name: LightshawCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 4.1 km away from the location you searched for.
County: East Ayrshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Village: Muirkirk
Map Ref: NS71622821
Latitude: 55.530682N Longitude: 4.035506W
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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Ogham visited on 22nd Jul 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 The site just off the road, access through field gate.
meglett visited on 1st Jan 2000 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 This site is local to myself, and I have wanted to point out the other two stones just a little behind and to the right of the stone veiwed from the road. There is a opencast mine close by so its possible there may be other stones now lost.
A few miles east there apears to be a burial mound also right next to the road, but I have no information on that sight apart from the fact that I have looked at it on a few occasions.
Both sights can be seen on google street view. Have to park on verge in order to view!
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4.5
Standing stone just east of the village of Muirkirk. On the A70 the stone is in a field on the left hand side of the road and can be easily seen.
More information can be found on Canmore ID 45529, which add the stone is "situated on a low spur in a pasture field. There are several small indentations in the surface of the N face, which superficially resemble cup-marks, but they are almost certainly natural."
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