Maybole, Lyonston
Standing Stone (Bronze Age)
Site Name Maybole, Lyonston
Classification Standing Stone (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 41670
Site Number NS31SW 8
NGR NS 30995 10392
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Maybole
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS31SW 8 3099 1039.
(NS 3099 1039) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 25" map (1965)
There is a standing stone of grey granite, 4ft high by 3ft 4ins by 2ft 7ins on the summit of rising ground on Lyonstone. It is larger at the top, and very much rounded at the angles.
J Smith 1895
A large standing stone, broader at the top than at the base, 1.4m high, as described by Smith.
Visited by OS (JD) 7 December 1955
The weatered stone is unmarked and as previously described. According to local historian Mr J Gray Snr (4 Culzean Rd, Maybole), its local name is 'Lyonston' - from which the nearby farm took its name.
Visited by OS (JRL) 8 August 1977
Field Visit (August 1982)
Lyonston NS 309 103 NS31SW 8
This standing stone, which is situated on a low rise 210m ESE of Lyonston steading, is a rounded granite boulder about 1.4m high.
RCAHMS 1983, visited August 1982
(Smith 1895, 180; Macfarlane 1906-8, ii, 5)
