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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Giant's Stone (Scottish Borders) Alternative Name: MenzionCountry: Scotland County: Scottish Borders Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Tweedsmuir Nearest Village: Menzion
Map Ref: NT09532399 Landranger Map Number: 72
Latitude: 55.501282N Longitude: 3.433767W
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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The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) feature a page for this stone - see their entry for Giant’s Stone, Tweedsmuir, Peeblesshire, which gives directions for finding this stone together with a copy of the 1865 OS map showing the location of both the Giant's Stone and the Giant's Grave, together with a brief archaeology & history.
This stone is also recorded as Canmore ID 48527, which gives the locations of the three standing stones in this area: NT 0952 2397, NT 0949 2398 and NT 0953 2399. The record refers specifically to the Giant's Stone at NT 0952 2397: "The Giant's Stone, 5'2" high, is referred to in an account of 1834, but no mention is made of two other stones which stand nearby. One of these, 55' W of the Giant's Stone and the same distance S of the cairn is 3' 2" in height, while the other, 62' N of the Giant's Stone and 65' E of the cairn, is 3' 6" in height."
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