<< Our Photo Pages >> West Pitcorthie - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Fife
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: West PitcorthieCountry: Scotland County: Fife Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Anstruther Wester Nearest Village: West Pitcorthie
Map Ref: NO572071 Landranger Map Number: 59
Latitude: 56.254470N Longitude: 2.692374W
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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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Take the B9171 east from Spalefield towards Crail and you will see the the stone in a field just east of West Pitcorthie Farm. Parking at the farm I asked permission to cross the fields, as there were sheep and lambs in the first field. There was no problem about this, and I set off - much to the amusement of the sheep, who lined up to inspect their visitor... This 7 foot tall stone is of local red sandstone, and is set on a N-S axis. It has only a small area uncultivated round it, and there are a couple of fairly recent scrape marks on the western face. There are a couple of possible cup marks on the top, I'm not sure if these are just weathering or not.
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