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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Blackhill (Hazelbank)Country: Scotland
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County: South Lanarkshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Kirkmuirhill Nearest Village: Hazelbank
Map Ref: NS82904423
Latitude: 55.677388N Longitude: 3.863717W
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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Standing Stone (Menhir) in South Lanarkshire
This standing stone, of which no trace is visible today, is recorded on Canmore ID 46673. Their entry tells us that in 1898, the stone was recorded as "being the only one remaining in the district. It stands fully 6ft (1.83m) high above ground, and is sunk about 4ft (1.22m). In 1954, a site visit reported: "No trace of this stone is visible in or around this field, which has been under plough for some time. The son of the tenant of Blackhill farm remembers this stone having stood at the point indicated on OS 6", but it was removed some years ago."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also feature a page on this standing stone. See their entry for Blackhill, Hazelbank, Lanarkshire, which also confirms the stone was "sadly uprooted sometime before 1954."
It would be interesting to find if the stone has been reused somewhere else on the surrounding farmland.
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