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<< Our Photo Pages >> The Langstane - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Aberdeenshire

Submitted by cosmic on Thursday, 03 June 2004  Page Views: 7729

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Langstane Alternative Name: The Lang Stane
Country: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Aberdeen
Map Ref: NJ93770597  Landranger Map Number: 38
Latitude: 57.144578N  Longitude: 2.104587W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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
0No data.
5 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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megalithicmatt visited on 20th Jan 2012 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 5 Hard to miss when you're an Aberdonian. It's often thought that the Langstane and the nearby Crabstane have been given each other's names.

Richard13 visited on 1st Sep 1998 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 1 Access: 5

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 1.5 Access: 5

The Langstane
The Langstane submitted by cosmic : The Langstane at NJ938059 is situated only 30m from one of Aberdeen's main thoroughfares at the junction of Dee Street and Lanstane Place. It is embedded into a recess at the back of a branch of a well known fastfood restaurant. It appears close to its present site on G&W Paterson's 1746 map of Aberdeen but it is suspected that it may have been part of a stone circle on the West side of the Den... (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Langstane is situated only 30m from one of Aberdeen's main thoroughfares at the junction of Dee Street and Lanstane Place. It is embedded into a recess at the back of a branch of a well known fastfood restaurant.

It appears close to its present site on G&W Paterson's 1746 map of Aberdeen but it is suspected that it may have been part of a stone circle on the West side of the Denburn. Another stone, the Crab Stane, appears on the same map.
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The Langstane
The Langstane submitted by TheCaptain : The Long Stone thought to have once been part of a stone circle, now presented in an alcove behind Burger King just off the main Aberdeen thoroughfare of Union Street, at the junction of Dee Street and Langstone Place. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Langstane
The Langstane submitted by TheCaptain : The Long Stone thought to have once been part of a stone circle, now presented in an alcove behind Burger King just off the main Aberdeen thoroughfare of Union Street, at the junction of Dee Street and Langstone Place. The poor thing seems neglected amongst the bins and street signs, but at least it is still here. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NJ9305 : Aberdeen - Langstane by N Chadwick
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NJ9305 : The Langstane by Bill Harrison
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NJ9305 : Ebury House, Dee Street, Aberdeen by Bill Harrison
by Bill Harrison
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NJ9305 : Behind the Columns by Colin Smith
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The Lang Stane - Buried alive by Andy B on Thursday, 24 February 2022
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Kenny Brophy the Urban Prehistorian writes:
For the next issue of History Scotland magazine, I have written an article on Scotland’s urban standing stones. In this blog post I want to expand on the rich story of one of those standing stones, the Lang Stane in Aberdeen. At the end of the blog post there can be found links to posts I have written about some of the other stones mentioned in the article.

Hidden in plain sight, only the throw of a fish supper away from Union Street in Aberdeen, stands the Lang Stane, a most peculiar example of urban prehistory. This angular standing stone is squeezed into a niche in a wall, looking remarkably like a human corpse that has been crammed into a coffin, buried alive. The stone has a kinetic, restless energy, as if at night it tries to escape from the confines of its premature burial. Inscribed – branded – across this stone cadaver in what I assume to be the torso area is the word LANG STANE in capital letters, with a suggestive slight pause between the two halves of its name, the deep breath taken before the coffin lid closes. Curious linear marks run across the stone, mostly natural erosion lines – wrinkles – but some hint at rough treatment at some point in the stone’s life – scars.

The stone is enjoyed by some regardless of how old it is or how it got there despite the unpromising surrounds. A series of wonderfully strange photos can be found online showing the stone in various compromising situations. In the Megalithic Portal, The Captain documents the stone is “now presented in an alcove behind Burger King …. The poor thing seems neglected amongst the bins and street signs, but at least it is still here.” This is reinforced by a Google Street View image that looks like the work of Cold War Steve. [see above on this page]

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https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2022/02/24/buried-alive/
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