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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Poldean menhirCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Moffat Nearest Village: Poldean
Map Ref: NT1037900011
Latitude: 55.286039N Longitude: 3.412627W
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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Anne T visited on 25th Jun 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Poldean menhir: Re-visited this stone whilst in the Moffat area. Not much has changed, except the weeds have been allowed to grow high around the stone. The area around its base has been heavily trampled, and was difficult to walk across. Two VERY large, very handsome bulls in the field of pasture, but thankfully an electric fence between us and them.
markj99 visited on 7th Jul 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Poldean menhir is not the most spectacular standing stone, however it is adjacent to a road so why not stop when passing by.
Anne T visited on 4th Apr 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Poldean Standing Stone: The third stop of the day with this stone easily visible just to the west of the road, towards the eastern edge of a large field of pasture.
We let ourselves in through the gate NY 10424 99981, walking over a small stream, again with the River Annan to its west and the busy A754(M) in the distance.
The eastern side of the stone is very craggy, as if bedding planes have been worn/broken away. There appears to have been a cup low down on its western side, but this could be a solution hole, if the stone had been lying flat for some considerable time in the past.
markj99 visited on 19th May 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Poldean menhir is not the most spectacular standing stone, however it is adjacent to a road so why not stop when passing by.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.25 Access: 4
Travelling south from Moffat on the "Old Carlisle Road" the stone sits in an open field on the right. It is opposite Poldean Farm.
The field was in pasture (January) and the gate was open.
This stone is recorded as Canmore ID 49734, Prehistoric Standing Stone, the 1920 entry of which reads: "A standing stone of whin, 4 feet 7 inches in height above ground, and triangular in section. This stone is said to have been erected to mark the spot where Prince Charles' troops bivouacked on their march into England in the '45". A more recent entry from 1990 adds: "The ground around the base of the stone has been eroded as a result of animals using the stone as a rubbing post".
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