<< Our Photo Pages >> Wallace's Stone (Blairstone Mains) - Early Christian Sculptured Stone in Scotland in South Ayrshire
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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Wallace's Stone (Blairstone Mains) Alternative Name: BlairstaneCountry: Scotland County: South Ayrshire Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Ayr Nearest Village: Alloway
Map Ref: NS3321416579
Latitude: 55.414669N Longitude: 4.636357W
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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Wallace's stone is situated at Blairston Mains, the 1st non-private left turn on the B7024 to Maybole after leaving Alloway.
The stone is surrounded by a solid stane wall in a strip of trees. The carving is suggested as a representation of Wallace's sword but looks more like a cross to me, however some interpretation is required.
Note: This boulder is recorded as a cross incised stone - see Canmore ID 41595 which refers to an 1895 description which reads: "The incised figure, popularly believed to represent the sword of Wallace, is a cross, 3ft 6ins long and 14ins over the arms". A more recent entry from 100 years later adds: "An irregularly shaped boulder, bearing on one face a cross in false relief, is set within a walled enclosure on the S side of a track 180m NW of Blairstone Mains. The boulder (1.8m long, up to 1m broad and 0.6m thick) has been removed from its former position 30m to the SE (NS 3322 1654) and may originally have been standing".
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