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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Witchis Stane Alternative Name: South Platt HillCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.673 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Midlothian Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Ratho Nearest Village: Platt Hill
Map Ref: NT13177104 Landranger Map Number: 65
Latitude: 55.924568N Longitude: 3.391104W
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 |
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| 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 site is recorded as Canmore ID 50744, which describes the site of an ancient encampment, the stone of which were used for building the walls of the Ratho Hall property. A stone from one of the cists now forms a seat on top of the hill. Canmore also describes the tradition of a woman having been burned here for witchcraft, and a quantity of burned ashes were found in the 19th century. The Canmore entry also includes details of an excavation carried out in 2013, prior to the building of a house.
This standing stone is featured on The Ancient Stones: A Guide to Standing Stones and Stone Circles in the South of Scotland - see their entry for the Witchis Stane, Platt Hill, Ratho, which includes a description, directions for finding this stone (near to the trig point) together with nearby parking, folklore and fieldnotes.
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