<< Our Photo Pages >> Altar Stone, Stobo - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Scottish Borders
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Altar Stone, StoboCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.674 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Scottish Borders Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Peebles Nearest Village: Stobo
Map Ref: NT15703573 Landranger Map Number: 72
Latitude: 55.607845N Longitude: 3.339706W
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Anne T visited on 10th Aug 2016 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Altar Stone, near Stobo, Scottish Borders: This stone is clearly marked on the map and features on the Portal, but I can find out nothing about it on Canmore or other web sites.
From Tinnis Castle, driving up the B712 through Drumelzier and Drumelzier Haugh, just past Dawyck Botanic Garden, a small road turns sharp left up through a hamlet called ‘Altarstone’. Opposite the farmhouse, hidden beneath tree branches at the edge of the road is the altar stone Intriguing Need to find out more about this.
Other stories are about Merlin chasing a witch, she changed into a hare and gave him the slip at this spot scratching the top of the stone as she went; the marks are still there. Merlin was baptised at this stone (by Saint Mungo a.k.a St. Kentigern), the day before he died. The menhir at Drumizlier Haugh marks the spot where he died, its about half a mile away.
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