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<< Text Pages >> Marchwell (Glencourse) - Stone Circle in Scotland in Midlothian

Submitted by Anne T on Sunday, 03 November 2002  Page Views: 7591

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Marchwell (Glencourse) Alternative Name: Rullion Green (Glencorse)
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.896 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Midlothian Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Penicuik
Map Ref: NT22646211  Landranger Map Number: 66
Latitude: 55.845971N  Longitude: 3.237045W
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
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
4

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Stone Circle in Mid Lothian

This now destroyed stone circle is recorded as Canmore ID 51863. The first entry in their record reads: "The remains of a circle, forty feet in diameter and composed of large stones, set close together, could be seen, in 1843, close by the road near Marchwell. They had lately been broken and removed for the construction of a wall which runs through the middle of the site. In 1927 the Commission found only two stones in situ, both about 15 ins high. Five similar blocks lay nearby: all seven, of a basaltic stone, seemed to have been brought from a distance."

By 1988, this had been updated to say: "Nothing is visible of this stone circle, which stood on a low knoll 250m NE of Marchwell. The food vessel fragments probably came from the slit trench that is visible on the summit of the knoll."

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this stone circle - see their entry for Marchwell, Glencorse, Midlothian, which includes the site of the circle shown on the 1854 OS map. TNA adds: "It was to be seen “on the right hand side of the main roadway from Edinburgh to Carlops, as it approaches the farm of Marchwell."

Note: TNA asks if anyone has any early drawings, photographs or images of this once fine megalithic ring - please get in contact!
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NT2262 : Gate, Marchwell by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
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NT2262 : Fields and woods, Marchwell by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2023(licence)
NT2262 : Rullion Green in winter by M J Richardson
by M J Richardson
©2009(licence)
NT2262 : Woodland, Mauricewood by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2016(licence)
NT2362 : New houses, Mauricefield Mains by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2016(licence)

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Re: Marchwell by brigantia on Saturday, 15 November 2008
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Check out the archaeo-information on this destroyed stone circle (with correct grid reference), on this new AWESOME site, here:

http://megalithix.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/marchwell-glencorse-midlothian/
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