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Balgrummo
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Balgrummo
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 31354
Site Number NO30SE 4
NGR NO 3754 0297
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/31354
- Council Fife
- Parish Scoonie (Kirkcaldy)
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
NO30SE 4 3754 0297.
(NO 3756 0297) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1920)
Standing Stone. 500 yds SE of Balgrummo farm house is a slab of red sandstone 4ft 5ins high, set up with its major axis NNW-SSE. Girth at Base - 5 1/2ft; at top 4ft. It is 10 1/2ins thick at base and 4ins at top. Unsculptured, with no evidence of packing at base.
RCAHMS 1933
The stone was dislodged by ploughing a few years ago and before it was resurrected some evidence of sculpturing at the base was noticed. It is generally as described by RCAHMS (R L Christie, Durie House).
Visited by OS (RDL) 18 October 1962
Field Visit (18 August 1925)
Standing Stone, near Durie House.
One the north side of Durie House the ground rises in a steady incline towards the farm-house of Balgrummo, and about midway, at an elevation of slightly over 200 feet above sea-level and about 500 yards south-east of Balgrummo farm-house. is a standing stone, set up with its major axis north-north-west and south-southeast. It is a slab of red sandstone, which rises to a height of 4 feet 5 inches above ground, tapers in thickness from 10 ½ inches at base to 4 inches at the slightly rounded top and shows a variation in girth of from 5i feet at base to 4 feet at top. It is unsculptured and shows no apparent evidence of having been packed at the base.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 18 August 1925.
