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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Nine Stones Rig Alternative Name: Ninestones Rig, Nine Stanes, Johnscleugh; Crow StonesCountry: Scotland County: East Lothian Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Dunbar Nearest Village: Cranshaws / Danskine
Map Ref: NT62546549 Landranger Map Number: 67
Latitude: 55.881095N Longitude: 2.600353W
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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Information on this Neolithic/Bronze Age stone circle can be found on Canmore ID 57484, the latest entry from 1980 which tells us: "These stones once stood on the perimeter of a ring about 6.4m in diameter ... The uneven interior suggests digging has taken place here."
An intriguing entry taken from a Name Book of 1853 says: "A circle of nine stones. It is believed that some treasure is hidden beneath these stones and various attempts, all unsuccessful, have been made to find it."
Their 1913 entry describes Nine Stones as only having eight stones remaining: "three on the NW arc being still upright and five prostrate. Six stones enclose a three-quarter circle approximately 22ft in diameter, and the S arc being open. One stone, almost buried, lies outside the NE arc, and another, the most southerly, lies several feet outside this line. The largest erect stone, on the NW, is 5 ft long, 2ft wide and 3ft above ground level, while the five that are overthrown vary from 2 to 7ft in length. There is a slight excavation at the centre and another to the S that may have been occupied by an outlying stone nearby." A more recent report says there are nine stones, the ninth being a loose, rounded 0.5 metre high boulder being a recent replacement.
This stone circle is also featured on the Ancient Stone website - see their entry for Stone Circle, Nine Stone Rig, Cranshaws, which includes a description, directions for finding this site together with nearby parking, folklore and fieldnotes. Ancient Stones asks if the nearby names of Tipperstone Rig and Ragstone Rig hint at other possible stone circles in the area.
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