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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tuilyies Alternative Name: Torryburn
Country: Scotland County: Fife Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Dunfermline  Nearest Village: Tuilyies
Map Ref: NT02918658  Landranger Map Number: 65
Latitude: 56.062175N  Longitude: 3.560845W
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.
3 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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Anne T visited on 2nd Nov 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 The Tuilyies Stone Setting: There is a small layby on the A985, right by the stones, but as there was no direct entrance into the field, we ended up walking along the grass verge down to where the wire fence is jointed to a wooden one. This is by a small clump of trees, at NT 02801 86657, where we succeeded in clambering over the fence. The stones are set in a very ‘lumpy and bumpy’ field that looks like it has several building platforms and banks within it, but no structures are visible. The tall stone to the north north west of the setting of three stones is tall and impressive (although thin) with the eastern face peppered in cup marks. Combined with the three stones to the south south east reminded us somewhat of the stone setting at Kilmartin. I amused myself by standing behind the taller stone trying to line it up with the three smaller ones, but there was always one stone hidden from view, behind the larger stone. The Firth of Forth glinted in the sunlight to the south. Shame about the proximity to the main road.

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Tuilyies submitted by jonathanknox : Tuilyies 3D model #2 -Tuilyies Standing Stones in Fife, Scotland, part of a digital documentation/visualisation pilot project by Pixogram. Accurate retopologised 3D models from photogrammetry to a +-10mm tolerance. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone setting in Fife. This unusual group of 4 stones comprises an 8 foot high cup marked stone and 3 boulders. The east face of the standing stone is covered with vertical grooves due to weathering and, at its the lower end, many cup marks.

The other 3 stones due south of the standing stone are unmarked boulders forming a triangle with sides 12, 15 and 16 feet across. The four stones do not form a circle but there is little doubt that they are the remains of a Bronze Age sacred site.

The name "Tuilyies" is a corruption of the Scottish word "tulzie" signifying a fight. The stones are said to mark the graves of cheiftains who died here in an alleged battle.

For more information see Canmore ID 49451 which adds: "These four stones are said to be the remains of a circle, although that idea is not borne out by their present disposition. The cup marked stone rises to a height of 8', and has its narrow faces to the NE and SW. It is of irregular form. On the E face, the lower portion is covered with cup marks which vary from 1 1/2" to 5" in diameter and 1 1/2" to 2" in depth. The stone is also marked with a series of perpendicular grooves, but all these channels are due to weathering ..... This spectacular stone is 2.4m in height and is decorated with many cup-markings on its east sidei the deeply weathered grooves, which are its most noticeable feature, are, however, natural. In the absence of excavation, the boulder setting a little to the south cannot be satisfactorily explained ..... there seems little doubt that they mark a Bronze Age sacred site."

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this site - see their entry for Tuilyies, Torryburn, Fife, which gives directions for finding this site together with photographs, an image of the 1854 OS map showing the location of the stones, a brief archaeology & history taken from a number of 19th and 20th century historical references and local folklore.

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Tuilyies submitted by jonathanknox : Tuilyies 3D model #1 - Tuilyies Standing Stones in Fife, Scotland, part of a digital documentation/visualisation pilot project by Pixogram. Accurate retopologised 3D models from photogrammetry to a +-10mm tolerance. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tuilyies submitted by jonathanknox : Tuilyies 3D model #3 - Tuilyies Standing Stones in Fife, Scotland, part of a digital documentation/visualisation pilot project by Pixogram. Accurate retopologised 3D models from photogrammetry to a +-10mm tolerance. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tuilyies submitted by Anne T : Whilst my husband strode in leaps and bounds over the rest of the field, trying to identify features amongst the 'lumps and bumps' which were plentiful, I amused myself by trying to see how close I could get to the triangle of three stones and still see them all separately, without one blocking the others. The stones were such different shapes and sizes. This felt like a very special spot (apart... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tuilyies submitted by Anne T : Standing just to the north of the three stone setting, looking south to the Firth of Forth glinting in the sunlight below. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tuilyies submitted by Anne T : The eastern face of the taller, solitary stone, with its fluting and many cup marks of varying sizes.

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Tuilyies submitted by Anne T : The western face of the taller stone which stands on its own. The fluting is remarkable, reminiscent of some of the standing stones we've seen in Northumberland.

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Tuilyies submitted by Anne T : Standing just south west of the three stone setting, looking north east, over a small valley with a burn which runs to the east of the stones. (3 comments)

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Tuilyies submitted by cosmic : Viewed from West

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Tuilyies submitted by cosmic : Tuilyies from East with Cup Marks at bottom

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Tuilyies submitted by Anne T : Standing just north of the taller stone which stands on its own, showing how 'thin' it is.

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Tuilyies submitted by Anne T : Standing to the east of the taller, cup marked stone, looking south to the Firth of Forth below. The light was such that the camera automatically changed settings to black and white, which surprised me when I saw the photos on the computer later!

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Tuilyies submitted by Anne T : The stones as seen from the small layby along the southern side of the A985, right next to the stones (albeit separated by a tightly strung wire fence!)

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Tuilyies submitted by Postman : This side

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Tuilyies submitted by Postman : Four poster, right?

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Tuilyies submitted by Postman : Blue, brown, green.

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Tuilyies submitted by Postman : Oi, you stay over there, these are man stones.

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Tuilyies submitted by Postman : Easily seen from the road, a fence must be jumped though.

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Tuilyies submitted by Postman : Hey where did the sun go?

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Tuilyies submitted by jonathanknox : Reconstructed detail showing how the model is built up. Part of a digital documentation/visualisation pilot project by Pixogram.

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Tuilyies submitted by jonathanknox : Plans and elevations of the Tuilyies Standing Stones, part of a digital documentation/visualisation pilot project by Pixogram.

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Tuilyies submitted by hamish : The whole set of stones looking north.

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Tuilyies submitted by hamish : The larger of the trio looking north.

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Tuilyies submitted by hamish : The larger of the trio looking south.

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Tuilyies submitted by hamish : The two smaller stones of the trio looking east.

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Photogrammetry In Motion of Tuilyies Standing Stones by Andy B on Wednesday, 02 May 2012
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Photogrammetry In Motion of Tuilyies Standing Stones in Fife, Scotland, part of a digital documentation/visualisation pilot project. Accurate retopologised 3D models from photogrammetry to a +-10mm tolerance.



Further details at Pixogram
http://pixogram.co.uk/?page_id=580
and more still images here
http://pixogram.co.uk/?page_id=858
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    Re: Photogrammetry In Motion of Tuilyies Standing Stones by golux on Thursday, 03 May 2012
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    Thanks for posting this Andy, what a beautiful rendering of these stones! Seeing them like this gives a real feeling of the whole ambience of the site and puts you right there on the spot. Stunning.
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Re: Tuilyies by coldrum on Saturday, 03 April 2010
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Re: Tuilyies by electric_monk on Thursday, 07 October 2004
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I too drive by this one every day on the way to work (live in Fife, work in Glasgow), you can see it on the road as you drive by, I only noticed it for the first time a few weeks ago! It has a small layby "parking" area right at that point in the road, it's in a field which I believe contains sheep. But even just driving by gives you a nice view of a stone, and if you look carefully you can see the others nearby. I must go up specifically and have a look one day :)
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Re: Tuilyies by Anonymous on Sunday, 14 March 2004
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Woah! tuilyies is in Fife, not Argyll.
Pass this site going to work, must stop to take a pic.
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