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<< Our Photo Pages >> Easter Broomhouse - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in East Lothian

Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 22 December 2002  Page Views: 8574

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Easter Broomhouse
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.727 km away from the location you searched for.

County: East Lothian Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Spott  Nearest Village: Easter Broomhouse
Map Ref: NT6800876615  Landranger Map Number: 67
Latitude: 55.981442N  Longitude: 2.514277W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
3 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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Anne T visited on 27th Oct 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Easter Broomhouse Standing Stone: Dusk was falling as we arrived at this site, which I've long wanted to see. We parked by the water treatment works over the road at NT 67718 76493 and walked down the side of the ploughed area of the field until we were level with the stone, then ‘waded’ through the loose, ploughed soil until we reached the stone itself. A lonely spot, although it has great views to the Firth of Forth and Bass Rock in the distance, to the north. It is a tall, sandstone pillar standing in an ocean of brown-red soil. There are indeed 3 cups marks on its western face, along with some modern graffiti. The base of the stone has really been worn away; as the Canmore record says, this is the result of a steam plough cable.

Easter Broomhouse
Easter Broomhouse submitted by cosmic : Site in East Lothian: Viewed from SE (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in East Lothian

More information on this standing stone with cup marks can be found on Canmore ID 57622, which tells us: "Standing stone with cup-marks, Easter Broomhouse: Some 200 yds SSW of Easter Broomhouse is a red sandstone monolith 9ft high and 6ft in girth at its base, where it is roughly rectangular in plan, the east and west faces being 22 ins broad. On the west face there are three cup-marks. The deep grooves on the base of the stone were caused by a steam-plough cable."

The entry goes onto say "In Lothian there are some 35 surviving standing stones, of these five or six clusters between Traprain Law and Dunbar."

This standing stone is also featured on the Ancient Stones website - see their entry for 006 Standing Stone, Easter Broomhouse, Spott, which includes a description, directions for finding this stone, nearby parking and fieldnotes.
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Easter Broomhouse
Easter Broomhouse submitted by Anne T : Looking north to the coast, with the faint 'bump' of Bass Rock in the distance (just left of centre of the photo). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Easter Broomhouse
Easter Broomhouse submitted by Anne T : Looking across one of the narrow sides of the stone, towards the south west. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Easter Broomhouse
Easter Broomhouse submitted by Anne T : The deep marks at the bottom of the stone are said to have been made by the wire cable of a steam plough. This is a large field, and would have taken some effort to plough. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Easter Broomhouse
Easter Broomhouse submitted by Anne T : One of the larger cup marks on the western face of the stone, next to some more modern graffiti on a smoothed, rectangular area next to, and slightly above, the three cups. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Easter Broomhouse
Easter Broomhouse submitted by Anne T : One side of the Easter Broomhouse standing stone, with its tall, but slightly irregular shape. It does indeed stand on top of a ridge overlooking the coast - the strengthening wind with its spattering of rain didn't put us off spending some time photographing this stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Easter Broomhouse
Easter Broomhouse submitted by cosmic : Site in East Lothian Viewed from SW

Easter Broomhouse
Easter Broomhouse submitted by cosmic : Site in East Lothian Scotland: Viewed from North

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Re: Easter Broomhouse by coldrum on Sunday, 18 April 2010
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Re: Easter Broomhouse by cosmic on Sunday, 01 June 2008
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