Tweedsmuir
Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Tweedsmuir
Classification Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Giants Stone; Menzion Farm
Canmore ID 48527
Site Number NT02SE 12
NGR NT 095 239
NGR Description NT 0952 2397, NT 0949 2398 and NT 0953 2399
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48527
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Tweedsmuir
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT02SE 12 095 239.
(NT 0952 2397) Giants Stone (NAT) (NT 0952 2397, NT 0949 2398, NT 0953 2399) Standing Stones (NR)
OS 6" map (1962).
See also NT02SE 10.
The Giant's Stone, 5'2" high, is referred to in an account of 1834, but no mention is made of two other stones which stand nearby. One of these, 55' W of the Giant's Stone and the same distance S of the cairn (NT02SE 10) is 3' 2" in height, while the other, 62' N of the Giant's Stone and 65' E of the cairn, is 3' 6" in height.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845 ; RCAHMS 1967, visited 1956.
Three stones, as described.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (RD), 4 August 1972
NT 095 239 A watching brief was undertaken in September 2003 on the excavation of a water pipe trench to connect Menzion Farm to the mains water supply at Tweedsmuir. A 50m section of the route passed through a Scheduled area. For the length of this section, the backfilled trench of an existing water pipe was re-excavated by hand under archaeological supervision, and the new pipe inserted into the same trench. No finds or features of archaeological significance were recorded.
Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: Mrs K Bateman.
E Jones 2003.
Measured Survey (4 August 1972)
Three stones, as described.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 4 August 1972
Watching Brief (September 2003)
NT 095 239 A watching brief was undertaken in September 2003 on the excavation of a water pipe trench to connect Menzion Farm to the mains water supply at Tweedsmuir. A 50m section of the route passed through a Scheduled area. For the length of this section, the backfilled trench of an existing water pipe was re-excavated by hand under archaeological supervision, and the new pipe inserted into the same trench. No finds or features of archaeological significance were recorded.
Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: Mrs K Bateman.
E Jones 2003
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
