Archaeology Notes

Event ID 687392

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO25SW 1 2432 5449.

(NO 2432 5449) Standing Stone (NR)

OS 6" map (1927)

The standing stone on Broomhall estate is a large amorphous whinstone, standing in a small field near the confluence of the Kilry Burn and the River Isla. It is c.7' high and c. 10' in circumference at the base. Tradition states that it commemorates a battle fought between the laird of Kilry and the Durwards of Peel.

A J Warden 1882

This unsculptured standing stone measures 2.3m high x 1.4m wide x 0.7m thick and tapers towards the top, its longer axis lying E-W. It is situated in a newly planted plantation.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 8 October 1970

RCAHMS Emergency Survey 1943