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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lochmaben Stane Alternative Name: Lochmaben Stone, Clochmabenstane, Locus Maponi, Old GraitneyCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Gretna
Map Ref: NY3123665983 Landranger Map Number: 85
Latitude: 54.983677N Longitude: 3.076052W
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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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 3
Further information on this natural erratic used as a standing stone can be found on Canmore site no. 67441 which says that in 1858 this site was known "as a Druidical Circle, with 9 upright stones placed in an oval, two of which remain, one being called the Lochmaben Stone."
An entry for 1966 reads: "In the 16th century, it was frequently used as the meeting place between the Scots and English wardens for the administration of justice, and in comparatively recent times local gatherings took place at this stone."
The stone is located 490 metres south of Old Graitney farmhouse and measures 2.3 metres in height. "About 23m to the NNE there is a second, smaller, stone now incorporated in a modern fence-line." Canmore also records that in 1982 the stone fell over, and prior to re-erection, excavation revealed it had been set into a shallow pit.
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