<< Our Photo Pages >> Purveshaugh - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Scottish Borders
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Purveshaugh Alternative Name: EarlstonCountry: Scotland 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:
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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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
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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