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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Clarkston (Dillarburn)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.574 km away from the location you searched for.
County: South Lanarkshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Lesmahagow
Map Ref: NS832426
Latitude: 55.662822N Longitude: 3.858255W
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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Standing Stone (Menhir) in South Lanarkshire
This now destroyed standing stone features on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) and is described as "an immense stone or saxum ..... being deeply embedded in the middle of a good field .... it was believed .... that there was secreted a vast treasure" - see the TNA entry for Clarkston Farm, Dillarburn, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, which presumably explains why the stone was destroyed or removed.
TNA give us a brief archaeology and history together with local folklore and a list of references. No entry was found on Canmore for this intriguing stone.
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