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

Submitted by cosmic on Tuesday, 31 August 2004  Page Views: 10434

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cow Stone (Scottish Borders) Alternative Name: Brotherstone Hill
Country: 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:
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
no data Ambience:
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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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no data Accuracy:
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
0no data
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Cow Stone (Scottish Borders)
Cow Stone (Scottish Borders) submitted by cosmic : This view from the East shows the nearby Brothers' Stones on the skyline. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Cow Stone (Scottish Borders)
Cow Stone (Scottish Borders) submitted by cosmic : From North to show supports (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cow Stone (Scottish Borders)
Cow Stone (Scottish Borders) submitted by cosmic : (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NT6236 : The Cow Stone by Walter Baxter
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NT6236 : The Cow Stone by Walter Baxter
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NT6236 : A barley field at Brotherstone Hill by Walter Baxter
by Walter Baxter
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NT6136 : The Brothers' Stones by Walter Baxter
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NT6136 : The Brothers' Standing Stones by Walter Baxter
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