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<< Text Pages >> Cromwell's Stone (West Calder) - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Scotland in West Lothian

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Natural PlacesSite Name: Cromwell's Stone (West Calder)
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 6.123 km away from the location you searched for.

County: West Lothian Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Livingstone  Nearest Village: West Calder
Map Ref: NT03986068
Latitude: 55.829770N  Longitude: 3.534438W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
5
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Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in West Lothian

This large rounded stone is recorded as Canmore ID 49117. It is described as: "a large round stone from which Cromwell is traditionally said to have reconnoitred the surrounding country. Cromwell's Stone is an uninscribed natural boulder, embedded in the ground some 20.0m SW of the crest of an adjacent knoll. It measures 1.0m x 0.8m x 0.6m." (Source: OS Name Book 1852).

This stone is also featured on the Ancient Stones: A Guide to Standing Stones and Stone Circles in the South of Scotland - see their entry for Cromwell's Stone, Harburnhead, West Calder, which includes a description, directions for finding the stone with nearby parking, folklore and fieldnotes. The Ancient Stones adds that after two trips to find the stone, they found it under a fallen conifer. "The stone is plain and would otherwise be forgotten. Only a possible? association to that chap Oliver Cromwell to give it a place on the map. All good fun, I suppose, and I have the scratches to prove it!"


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