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<< Text Pages >> Ghaist Stone (Fern) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Angus

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ghaist Stone (Fern)
Country: Scotland County: Angus Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Forfar  Nearest Village: Fern
Map Ref: NO48326173
Latitude: 56.744325N  Longitude: 2.846546W
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
no data 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
5
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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Angus

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) spotted this standing stone on the 1865 OS map, when the village was known as Fearn, and went in search of it.

TNA recorded their exploration in their entry for the Ghaist Stane, Fern, Angus, which describes the remains of the stone as being "roughly 3 feet by 3 feet; with the present upper portion of the stone being of a lighter colour than the lower portion, indicating that this section of the stone was the portion that was underground when it was standing upright.  Its history is fragmentary, but we know that it was almost completely destroyed in the middle of the 19th century."

The TNA page includes directions for finding the stone, together with photographs, a copy of the 1865 OS map showing the location of the stone and local folklore. Ghaist, in the regional dialect, means ghost or goblin, and TNA incude a poem - The Ghaist O'Ferne-Den.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NO4861 : The attractive garden of Library House, Fern by Oliver Dixon
by Oliver Dixon
©2013(licence)
NO4861 : Entry to Fern by Stanley Howe
by Stanley Howe
©2016(licence)
NO4861 : Fern Village, Angus by Alan Morrison
by Alan Morrison
©2008(licence)
NO4861 : Walled minor road at Fern Den by Peter Wood
by Peter Wood
©2019(licence)
NO4861 : Telephone exchange at Fern by Oliver Dixon
by Oliver Dixon
©2013(licence)

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