<< Our Photo Pages >> Brothers' Stones - Standing Stones in Scotland in Scottish Borders
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Brothers' Stones Alternative Name: Brotherstone HillCountry: Scotland County: Scottish Borders Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Melrose Nearest Village: Smailholm
Map Ref: NT61903600 Landranger Map Number: 74
Latitude: 55.616090N Longitude: 2.606456W
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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The Brothers' Stones occupy a prominent position on the summit of Brotherstone Hill. The SE stone is the larger at 2.5m while 14m (15 yards) away is just under 2m high. To the east but visible in one of the photos is the Cow Stone.
Further information can be found on Canmore ID 57173 which gives two grid references for the stones: NT 6190 3600 and NT 6189 3601. Text from Accessing Scotland's Past recorded on this Canmore record tells us: "Two standing stones, known as the 'Brothers' Stones', occupy a prominent position on the summit of Brotherstone Hill. They appear to be aligned with a third standing stone - the 'Cow Stone' - which lies farther down the slope of the hill to the north-east, some 380m away. The south-east stone is the larger of the two, rising to a height of about 2.5m. It stands 14m away from the smaller stone, which is just under 2m in height. Both have packing stones around their bases. These standing stones were probably contemporary with the nearby 'Cow Stone'. Together, these standing stones formed a larger complex of ceremonial monuments probably dating to the third or second millennium BC."
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