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<< Our Photo Pages >> Sheriff Muir Standing Stones - Standing Stones in Scotland in Scottish Borders

Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 22 December 2002  Page Views: 10055

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sheriff Muir Standing Stones Alternative Name: Sheriff Muir Cottages
Country: Scotland County: Scottish Borders Type: Standing Stones

Map Ref: NT20094005  Landranger Map Number: 72
Latitude: 55.647393N  Longitude: 3.271296W
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.
 4 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.
 5 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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Sheriff Muir Standing Stones
Sheriff Muir Standing Stones submitted by austenjohnreid : Looking west. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Pair of Standing Stones in Scottish Borders

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Sheriff Muir Standing Stones
Sheriff Muir Standing Stones submitted by cosmic : SherriffMuirE-NT2040 Sacrilege! - from East Image copyright: ewenrun, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (4 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Sheriff Muir Standing Stones
Sheriff Muir Standing Stones submitted by cosmic : SherriffMuirN-NT2040 From North trying to miss out the blue barrel the farmer left beside it - what would he think if I put a pig trough in the entrance to his church? Image copyright: ewenrun, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sheriff Muir Standing Stones
Sheriff Muir Standing Stones submitted by cosmic : SherriffMuirS-NT2040 From South Image copyright: ewenrun, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sheriff Muir Standing Stones
Sheriff Muir Standing Stones submitted by cosmic : SherriffMuirSSW-NT2040 Image copyright: ewenrun, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sheriff Muir Standing Stones
Sheriff Muir Standing Stones submitted by durhamnature : The Sheriff Muir Stones, drawn in 1886, from Berwickshire Naturalists, via Archive.org Site in Scottish Borders Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sheriff Muir Standing Stones
Sheriff Muir Standing Stones submitted by austenjohnreid : Menhirs also known as Arthur and Merlin. View from the south.

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Re:google street view Sherriff Muir by Anonymous on Thursday, 28 January 2016
In 1715, there was still a row of 7 standing stones at the foot of the hills, in the direction eastwards opposite the sherrifmuir inn. They were called the 7 stones of fertility, representing the seven kingdoms of the picts. chaanter50@hotmail.com
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Re: Sherriff Muir by austenjohnreid on Wednesday, 26 May 2010
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According to the local paper (The peeblesshire) a ploughman dislodged one of the stones from its correct possition in 1976 the same thing happened to the other stone in 2000, these stones were placed on negative leylines they used to block the negative energy untill they were bumped of there place, the stones act like needles used in accpuncuture, it is now claimed that much more negative energy will flow down the valley.
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Re:google street view Sherriff Muir by austenjohnreid on Thursday, 06 May 2010
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