<< Our Photo Pages >> Craigston Wood Menhir - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Renfrewshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Craigston Wood MenhirCountry: Scotland County: Renfrewshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Johnstone Nearest Village: Elderslie
Map Ref: NS4332961360
Latitude: 55.819995N Longitude: 4.502229W
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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AstroGeologist visited on 25th Mar 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Craigston Wood Menhir :
A massive Menhir in a clearing in Craigston Woods, surrounded by small cliff faces and boulders, it may have been an ancent quarry site.
This Menhir has a crack running the lenghth of it,and has a most unusual feel to it.
l found a few shells at the base of the Menhir, suggesting birds drop the shells onto the rock to smash them open and get the food inside.
It is about 2 or 3 minutes from the Cup & Ring Marks, in the same Woods.
When I spoke to an elderly couple walking their dog, they didn't know much about it, but told me it had been there for as long as they've lived there.
Site visits ;
1. 25/03/2019
2. 12/04/2019
*Getting There ; About a 20~25 minute walk from Johnstone train station.
Come out the station and take a right onto Thorn Brae, walk East up Thorn Hill and take your third right down Kings Road.
Walk up Kings Road for 440m and take a left when you reach Auchenlodment Road, follow this road for 470m until you reach the end of the housing.
Walk up the country road for 300m and you will come to a bend in the road, walk up the bend in the hill for a further 600m - you will see a carpark on the left handside of the road, across from this is an entrance path through the woods to the Menhir.
375m from Craigston Woods Cup & Ring Marks, in a large clearing in the middle of Craigston Woods sits a Massive Menhir.
It has a NE & SW Face, and measures about 3m high by 3m wide, and 1m thick.
The Menhir is really impressive, and towers a good 4ft above head height, there is now a crack running the length of the Menhir about halfway up, it is most peculiar.
The Menhir itself seems to be Volcanic in nature (Similar to the Gleniffer Brae Menhirs 2.3km away) and the NE face is roughly aligned with a small Cliff Face about 60m away.
It is situated in the middle of a grassy patch with rocks and cliffs forming a sort of circular shape around the Menhir, it is a nice and peaceful setting. Worth the visit if going to see the nearby Cup & Ring Marks, located in the same Woods.
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