Archaeology Notes

Event ID 728345

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NX74SW 2 701 439.

A large stone with marks representing a hand, commonly known as "Wallace's Putting Stone" stands on Raeberry Hill (Big Raeberry - NX 701439). According to Hamilton, this stone is the last remnant of a stone circle, its companions having either disappeared over the cliff due to erosion, or more probably used to build Raeberry Castle.

M Harper 1896; G Hamilton 1885

The only large stone on Big Raeberry is a natural boulder at NX 7017 4381. There is no evidence to suggest that this is the remains of a stone circle and although this may be "Wallace's Putting Stone" it bears no trace of a "hand". The name could not be verified locally.

Visited by OS (RD) 19 April 1971