Foregirth Farm
Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval), Stone (Period Unassigned), Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Foregirth Farm
Classification Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval), Stone (Period Unassigned), Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 65837
Site Number NX98SE 31
NGR NX 95 83
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65837
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkmahoe
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX98SE 31 95 83.
There are two upright stones, the remains of a stone circle, on the farm of Foregirth.
The larger stone, a whinstone measuring 5 feet by 32 inches by 19 inches, has a number of marks cut on it and, on its smoother side, a cross 14 inches long by 12 inches wide, 1 1/4 inches broad and 1/2 inch deep. On the south face (the stone was set up by Johnstone and the cross set towards the east) are some possible cup-marks about an inch in diameter, in a line from top to bottom.
T Johnston 1825-7
The two stones are no longer visible.
M R Dobie 1959
No trace of stone circle. Cross-incised boulder, could be 6th-8th century. Recorded at Foregirth in 1825. Re-discovered in August, 1964. A E Truckell 1964
Field Visit (25 June 1964)
NX 9532 8366. Stone, as described by Johnston.
Visited by OS (RD) 25 June 1964
