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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Buck Stane Alternative Name: The Buckstane
Country: Scotland
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County: Midlothian Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Edinburgh  Nearest Village: Braid Road
Map Ref: NT24506922  Landranger Map Number: 66
Latitude: 55.910134N  Longitude: 3.209331W
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.
 3 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
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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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Anne T visited on 28th Oct 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 The Buck Stane, Braid Road, Edinburgh: Our first stop of the day in the Tour of Edinburgh Stones. The Buck Stone is in a niche on the western side of Braid Road, about 125m north of the junction with Buckstone Drive and before it turns into Buckstone Terrace. There is a sign explaining what the stone is: The Buckstane. This march stone, a relic of feudal times, occupied a commanding site on the old Roman road about 250 yards north from this spot. By tradition the name was derived from the stone having marked the place where the buck hounds were unleashed when the king of Scotland hunted in this region”. A nice, tidy, well looked after spot.

Buck Stane
Buck Stane submitted by Creative Commons : The Buckstane. The inscription reads: This march stone, a relic of feudal times occupied a commanding site on the old Roman road about 250 yards north of this spot. By tradition the name was derived from the stone having marked the place where the buckhounds were unleashed when the King of Scotland hunted in this region. Copyright Callum Black and licensed for reuse under the Creative Com... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in the city of Edinburgh. The inscription reads: This march stone, a relic of feudal times occupied a commanding site on the old Roman road about 250 yards north of this spot.

By tradition the name was derived from the stone having marked the place where the buckhounds were unleashed when the King of Scotland hunted in this region.

For more information see Canmore ID 51760, which records W Maitland's observations from 1753: "The 'Buck Stane', built into a garden wall, is 3'4" in height, 15" across the widest face, and 11" thick, but it has no distinctive features. It is traditionally associated with the Barony of Penicuik and the royal hunts on the Boroughmuir". The Buck Stane was later moved from NT 2445 6944 to its current site at NT 2450 6922 in 1975.

This stone also features on The Ancient Stones website - see their entry for Buck Stane, Braid Road, Edinburgh, which includes a description, directions for finding the site together with nearby parking, folklore and fieldnotes.
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Buck Stane submitted by tjyukito : 21/feb/2020 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Buck Stane submitted by tjyukito (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Buck Stane submitted by Anne T : Photo of the Buckstane taken from the eastern side of Braid Road, to show its location. Parking is easy - on-street parking, although the road did have a lot of traffic on it at the time of our visit. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Buck Stane submitted by Anne T : Photo showing how the Buckstane is sited just away from the stone garden wall behind it, although it wasn't possible to photograph the back.

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Buck Stane submitted by Anne T : Close up of the Buckstane itself.

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Buck Stane submitted by Anne T : The top of the stone has a hole in it, as if a large pebble has eroded out of it over the years, or perhaps there was a small socket hole in the top? The Canmore record says the stone has no distinguishing features.

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Buck Stane submitted by Anne T : The Buckstane and it's plaque, set back in a semi-circular 'garden nook/niche' on the western side of Braid Road.

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Buck Stane submitted by Anne T : The plaque above the Buckstane.

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Re: Buck Stane by tjyukito on Sunday, 15 March 2020
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55°54'36.6"N 3°12'33.5"W
55.910157, -3.209297
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    Re: Buck Stane by Anne T on Monday, 16 March 2020
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    The grid reference originally given above is that given in the current header record for Canmore ID 51760, NT 2445 6944. In 1975, Canmore records the stone was moved to NT 2450 6922, which is the same as the co-ordinates kindly given by tjyukito (above). Now amended. Thanks, tjyukito!
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