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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Penshiel Grange Stone Circle Alternative Name: Penshiel Grange 2Country: Scotland County: East Lothian Type: Stone Circle
Map Ref: NT64016317 Landranger Map Number: 67
Latitude: 55.860363N Longitude: 2.576548W
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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Stone Circle in East Lothian
There are two stone circles within 60 yards of each other, one being the Chapel Stone (Penshiel Grange) and this demolished stone circle, also called Penshiel Grange, which lies 60 yards south of the Chapel Stone.
For more information, see Canmore ID 57558, which says there are "four large prostrate monoliths measuring 5ft 3 ins by 3ft, 5ft 7 ins by 2ft 8 ins, respectively. The first three lie in an almost straight line 11ft 6 ins and 13ft apart, and the last lies about 10ft to the E. In their immediately vicinity is a row of large boulders gathered into a straight line, but they are of entirely different character to the four monoliths, which in shape and size so much resemble stones from a circle. It is not likely that their association is fortuitous, and the probability is that they had originally formed a stone circle."
In 1980, it was thought the four stones might have resembled a four-poster stone circle, such as those found in central Scotland, but it appears these four stones and the other 'row' nearby might have been a larger stone circle, now destroyed by field clearances.
This stone is also featured on the Ancient Stones: A Guide to Standing Stones and Stone Circles in the South of Scotland, see their entry for the Stone Circle, Penshiel, Cranshaws, which includes a description, directions for finding the stone with nearby parking, and fieldnotes.
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