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<< Our Photo Pages >> Purveshaugh - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Scottish Borders

Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 22 December 2002  Page Views: 12749

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Purveshaugh Alternative Name: Earlston
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.9 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Scottish Borders Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Earlston  Nearest Village: Purveshaugh
Map Ref: NT59663973  Landranger Map Number: 73
Latitude: 55.649422N  Longitude: 2.642566W
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
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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
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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
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Anne T visited on 24th Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Purveshaugh (Earlston) Standing Stone, Scottish Borders: Our second stop of the day. Although the B6105 is supposed to be a minor road, it is still very busy and traffic rushes along it at a pace of knots. We managed to pull into the ungated field entrance without causing too much chaos. A few steps into the field, we realised it was planted with wheat. We managed to navigate the 10 metres or so from the field entrance to the stone by following the empty ground where the tractor wheels had run, so didn’t cause any damage. I was really amused to see the stone had its own name sign ‘Standing Stone’. It really is the most oddly shaped stone, like a small chair. Canmore says it is unsculptured, and it looks as if it has been quarried before being located here. I was surprised to find Canmore had two other records for this site, within a few tens of metres of the stone – a post medieval farmstead (Canmore ID 343237) and a well (Canmore ID 343240), neither of which we saw evidence for on the day. Not a great location in modern times, with power lines running almost overhead, and the busy road.

cosmic visited on 11th Feb 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 3 Access: 4.5

Purveshaugh
Purveshaugh submitted by Anne T : Standing in one of the tractor tracks to the east of the stone, looking face on at it. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in Scottish Borders

Further information can be found on Canmore 55501 which records the site name as 'Earlston' rather that Purveshaugh. Their entry tells us that this unsculptured stone stands on a slight ridge. It "measures 5ft high by 2ft 6ins wide and 3ft 6ins long, is situated on a knowe about 20 yds SE of the Earlston - West Morriston road. It stands at the W end of two small houses which take their name from it."
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Purveshaugh
Purveshaugh submitted by Anne T : Standing a few metres south along the wall - I was most amused to find this stone had it's own sign! It was also a most odd shape, as if part of it had split off, or been quarried. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Purveshaugh
Purveshaugh submitted by Anne T : Standing at the other side of the wall from the stone, looking at the bottom of its back face. It's obviously had a bit of a hard life, with bits and pieces knocked off, presumably when it was moved to the edge of the field. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Purveshaugh
Purveshaugh submitted by Anne T : First view of this standing stone, taken from the entrance to the field from the A6015. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Purveshaugh
Purveshaugh submitted by cosmic : Purveshaugh1-NT5939 Image copyright: ewenrun, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Purveshaugh
Purveshaugh submitted by cosmic : Purveshaugh2-NT5939 Image copyright: ewenrun, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Purveshaugh
Purveshaugh submitted by cosmic : Purveshaugh3-NT5939 Farmer with a sense of humour? Image copyright: ewenrun, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Purveshaugh
Purveshaugh submitted by durhamnature : 1919 photograph from Berwickshire Naturalists. The wall has been rebuilt in the modern photo.

Purveshaugh
Purveshaugh submitted by mafenty : Good views of Eildon Hills and Black Hill of Earlston in background

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