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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cow Stone (Scottish Borders) Alternative Name: Brotherstone HillCountry: Scotland County: Scottish Borders Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: St. Boswells Nearest Village: Brotherstone
Map Ref: NT62163620 Landranger Map Number: 74
Latitude: 55.617908N Longitude: 2.602356W
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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Standing Stone in Scottish Borders
Canmore ID 57162 tells us that 'The Cow Stone' is the local name given to this stone, which has been "evidently split from an outcrop". It stands 380 yards downhill from The Brother's Stones, which sit on the summit of the hill and can be clearly seen from The Cow Stone.
Also known as Brotherstone Hill Prehistoric Standing Stone, and irregular in shape, it measures approximately 2 metres in height and 2 metres in width, and has packing stones around its base to keep the stone secure.
Canmore report that: "this standing stone may have formed part of a larger complex of ceremonial monuments which included the nearby 'Brothers' Stones'. It was probably erected in the third or second millennium BC."
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