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<< Our Photo Pages >> The Blue Stane (St Andrews) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Fife

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Blue Stane (St Andrews) Alternative Name: Blue Stone (St Andrews)
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.526 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Fife Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: St Andrews
Map Ref: NO5055216707
Latitude: 56.340126N  Longitude: 2.801466W
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
5 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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The Blue Stane (St Andrews)
The Blue Stane (St Andrews) submitted by SHUGS : This stone is found in a small garden part of a hotel, would you believe called "The Blue Stane Hotel" right in the centre of St Andrews (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone (Menhir) in Fife

This standing stone is featured on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA); see their page for Blue Stane, St. Andrews, Fife. This entry includes directions on how to find the stone, together with a brief archaeology and history of the site and the folklore.

There are a number of entries on Canmore around this grid reference, but these relate to the nearby hotel, re-used foundation stones, pottery fragments, etc, but there is no mention of this stone.

TNA includes a photograph of this stone from several different angles, along with the blue plaque alongside which tells us "the Blue Stane is a relic of Pre-Christian Pictish St. Andrews when it had some now forgotten ritual significance. It is reputed to be have been the coronation stone of Kenneth MacAlpine, who united the Kingdom of Scots and the Picts in 843 AD."
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The Blue Stane (St Andrews)
The Blue Stane (St Andrews) submitted by SHUGS : This is the plaque explaining the mythical origins of the stone (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NO5016 : Road junction in St Andrews by Tom Pennington
by Tom Pennington
©2010(licence)
NO5016 : The Blue Stane - boulder by Richard Law
by Richard Law
©2012(licence)
NO5016 : Sign for Molly Malones by Richard Sutcliffe
by Richard Sutcliffe
©2019(licence)
NO5016 : Molly Malones by Richard Sutcliffe
by Richard Sutcliffe
©2019(licence)
NO5016 : Hope Park Church, St Andrews by Jim Bain
by Jim Bain
©2008(licence)

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 852m E 97° Monk's Well, St Andrews* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NO514166)
 895m SW 217° St. Andrews Museum* Museum (NO5016)
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 6.7km SSE 149° Dunino Den* Stone Row / Alignment (NO540109)
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 13.5km SW 225° Norrie's Law* Round Barrow(s) (NO409073)
 13.7km SE 129° Sauchope* Class III Pictish Cross Slab (NO61040788)
 13.7km SSE 151° Skeith Stone* Class II Pictish Symbol Stone (NO571046)
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 14.2km SE 128° Briery Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NO617078)
 14.3km SE 139° Caiplie* Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (NO599058)
 14.9km SSE 162° St Fillan's Well (Pittenweem)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NO550025)
 15.6km SSW 211° Largo Pictish Stone* Class II Pictish Symbol Stone (NO42340347)
 15.7km S 180° Ardross souterrain* Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) (NO5037500950)
 16.3km NNW 348° Balmossie Den (Broughty Ferry)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NO4721732714)
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