Gormyre
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Gormyre
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 47916
Site Number NS97SE 13
NGR NS 9836 7315
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47916
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Torphichen
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NS97SE 13 9836 7315.
(NS 9836 7315) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1968)
This standing stone, a narrow upright pointed boulder of schist, stands 3'10" high and is 1'6" wide at base, which is roughly pentagonal.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1923
As described.
Visited by OS (JLD) 5 December 1952
Moved to side of field.
Information from A McLean, Edinburgh, 13 March 1980.
Standing stone no longer exists.
Visited by RCAHMS (JBS) 12 August 1985.
Field Visit (8 May 1923)
Standing Stone.
In the fourth field north-east of Gormyre Farm is a narrow, upright, pointed boulder of schist, 3 feet 10 inches high and 1 foot 6 inches wide at base, which is roughly pentagonal. The greatest width on the east face is 20 inches, on the west face 8 inches; but the faces die into each other at the upper part till the section becomes triangular.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 8 May 1923
OS 6-inch map: v S.W. (unnoted).
