<< Our Photo Pages >> Hole Stone (Blackmark) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hole Stone (Blackmark)Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: New Galloway
Map Ref: NX72568698
Latitude: 55.160679N Longitude: 4.001853W
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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This holed Standing Stone obviously had a hole through it at one stage but it has since been broken.
The stone is on the end of a ridge overlooing the Blackmark Burn and the A712, is made of a whinstone slab and measures 2ft 6ins by 4ft 9ins and 3 feet high.
Nearby a Castle Motte was built.
For more information see Canmore ID 64766 which records the hole had probably originally been a natural cup mark, which was broken in about 1840. "The stone is reputed to have been used in connection with handfasting."
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