Craigmaddie Muir
Standing Stone(S) (Possible)
Site Name Craigmaddie Muir
Classification Standing Stone(S) (Possible)
Canmore ID 354507
Site Number NS57NE 123
NGR NS 58700 76396
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/354507
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish Baldernock (Bearsden And Milngavie)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Bearsden And Milngavie
- Former County Stirlingshire
Field Visit (8 April 2016)
NS 58700 76396 On Craigmaddie Muir there is an E/W V-shaped setting of three c1.5m high standing stones, A-B-C. Two holes on the eastern stone A show that it was used as a gatepost to a ruined building immediately N of the stones, but as it has packing stones at its base, and stone C is cup-marked, it is likely that stone A is a Bronze Age standing stone. From
stone A, stone B indicates the setting sun or moon some 20 days before and after the equinoxes, while the stone C marks the equinox sunset on the 21st March and September. From stones B-C, stone A indicates the rising sun or moon near the equinoxes. This work was undertaken on 8 April 2016.
Archive: Douglas Scott
Funder: Douglas Scott
(Source: DES, Volume 17)
