Archaeology Notes

Event ID 724131

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/724131

NX13NW 037 123 367.

Todd (W Todd 1954) notes that in Kirkmaiden parish, "there were several remains of what were considered to have been Druid Circles. The Standing Stones of High Curghie, which stood on the hill behind where the present Stack-yeard is, were of this description. They were all removed by the tenant about 50 years ago."

High Curghie farm steading included buildings on both sides of the road on early maps, so it is not known on which side the 'Stack-yeard' stood. This seems to be a fairly reliable testimony of some standing stones having occupied this site, though they need not necessarily have formed a circle.

J Murray 1981

The 'Standing Stones of High Curghie, which stood on the hill behind the barn where the present Stack-yeard is' were removed at the beginning of the 19th century. The stackyard was probably the enclosure on the W side of the public road immediately to the S of the steading (OS 6-inch map, Wigtownshire, 1st ed, 1850, sheet 31) but the location of stones is unknown.

W Todd 1854; J Murray 1981; RCAHMS 1985

Possible stone circle.

S Stevenson 1987