Kipps (Near)
Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Site Name Kipps (Near)
Classification Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) 'Cairn; Stone Circle'
Canmore ID 47920
Site Number NS97SE 17
NGR NS 9908 7387
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47920
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Linlithgow
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NS97SE 17 9908 7387.
(NS 9908 7387) Cromlech (NR) or Remains of Druids' Temple (NR)
OS 6" map (1856)
This is the remains of a Druids' Temple, composed of 5 large stones, three for a base and two on the top. There are several large stones around this Temple, embedded in the ground, which are thought to have formed a Druidical circle; if so, some of the stones must have been removed. Those that remain are not arranged in regular order nor on end.
Name Book 1856
This feature, referred to as a cromlech by several authors writing last century, is described by the RCAHMS (1929) as appearing to be a huge ice-borne boulder which has been shattered. Other stones in the vicinity, once interpreted as a stone circle, are erratics.
A S Henshall 1972
Natural boulders - not an antiquity.
Visited by OS (JLD) 4 December 1952
