North Couston, Refuge Stone
Sanctuary Marker (Period Unassigned)
Site Name North Couston, Refuge Stone
Classification Sanctuary Marker (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Torphichen Preceptory, Sanctuary Stone At North Couston
Canmore ID 47926
Site Number NS97SE 22
NGR NS 9563 7078
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47926
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Bathgate
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NS97SE 22 9563 7078
See also NS97SW 2, and NS97SE 12, NS97SE 25, NS97SE 30.
For Torphichen Preceptory (NS 96893 72516) and associated monuments, see NS97SE 7.
(NS 9560 7078) Refuge Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1856)
(NS 9563 7078) Refuge Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1968)
This is an undressed pillar of stone, standing 4' 2" above ground and measuring 10 1/2" square at base, set in a field. The ONB notes that the Maltese cross which had been engraved on it, was effaced. This is one of the stones marking the area of the sanctuary associated with Torphichen Preceptory.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1926; Name Book 1856
This stone has been moved some 30m E of its original position, and is now lying on the ground by the side of a fence, at NS 9563 7078. Mr W Crook (North Couston) stated that it had been moved before 1945 when he took over the farm. As the stone is apparently broken, he has dug for the remaining stump, but has been unsuccessful. It is a slender rectangular block, as described, but no inscriptions are visible.
Visited by OS (JLD) 19 November 1952
OS (JLD) confirmed.
Visited by OS (JP) 20 August 1974.
