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Natural PlacesSite Name: Cromwell's Stone (West Calder)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.624 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:
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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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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